DataForm Method

Applies To

Document object.

Description

Displays the Data Form dialog box, in which you can add, delete, or modify data records.

Note You can use this method with a mail merge main document, a mail merge data source, or any document that contains data delimited by table cells or separator characters.

Syntax

expression.DataForm

expression Required. An expression that returns a Document object.

See Also

MailMerge object, Tables property.

Example

This example displays the Data Form dialog box if the active document is a mail merge document.

If ActiveDocument.MailMerge.State <> wdNormalDocument Then
    ActiveDocument.DataForm
End If

This example creates a table in a new document and then displays the Data Form dialog box.

Set aDoc = Documents.Add
With aDoc
    .Tables.Add Range:=aDoc.Content, NumRows:=2, NumColumns:=2
    .Tables(1).Cell(1, 1).Range.Text = "Name"
    .Tables(1).Cell(1, 2).Range.Text = "Age"
    .DataForm
End With