WD2000: Code to Determine Whether Open Document Is a Template

• Microsoft Word 2000

SUMMARY

This article contains a sample Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications procedure (or macro) that determines whether an open Microsoft Word document is in a document format or a template format.

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Sample Procedure

Sub IsTemplate()
   ' Use the FileSaveAs dialog box to determine the type of document.
   With Dialogs(wdDialogFileSaveAs)
      ' Execute the dialog but do not display the dialog.
      .Execute

      If .Format = 1 Then
         MsgBox "Template"
      Else
         MsgBox "Not a template"
      End If

   End With
End Sub 

REFERENCES

For more information about using the sample code in this article, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q212536 OFF2000: How to Run Sample Code from Knowledge Base Articles

Q226118 OFF2000: Programming Resources for Visual Basic for Applications

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Keywords : kbdta kbdtacode OffVBA kbmacroexample kbwordvba wd2000
Version : WINDOWS:2000
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbhowto