Scripting Blog [archived]

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How Can I Add a Hyperlink to a Word Document?

(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I add a hyperlink to a Word document?-- BA(image) (image) (image) Hey, BA. Interesting question; in thinking about common tasks for scripting Microsoft Office applications we never even considered adding a hyperlink to a document. (Needless to say, that’s why we rely on people like you to let us know ...

How Can I Make Changes to and Then Re-Save an Existing Excel Spreadsheet?

(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I open an existing Excel spreadsheet, add some additional information to that spreadsheet, and then save my changes? Every time I call the SaveAs method a dialog box pops up asking me if I want to save my changes.-- RW(image) (image) (image) Hey, RW. Generally speaking, you can avoid that dialog box by ...

How Can I Put the User Name into the Footer of a Microsoft Word Document?

(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I put the user name into the footer of a Microsoft Word document?-- RR(image) (image) (image) Hey, RR. That’s an interesting question, and probably the first how-do-I-put-the-user-name-in-the-footer-of-a-Word-document question we’ve ever received. (No, really!) But what the heck; let’s see if we ...