Basicbasic Command For Building Blocks?

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When recording a macro that involves Building blocks (a feature introduced in Word 2007), the macro comes out with:

WordBasic.CreateCommonFieldBlockFromSel Description:=””

1) Why is a WordBasic command being used with such a new feature.

2) Can’t a title be added to it?

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1) Why is a WordBasic command being used with such a new feature.

Good question!

The macro recorder is imperfect. You probably want to use the built-in VBA methods if you can. For example (based on code sample in the help file):

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Dim myNewBuildingBlock as Word.BuildingBlock, _
    myTemplate as Word.Template

Set myTemplate = NormalTemplate ' to add to Normal.dotm, or the template of your choice

Set myNewBuildingBlock = _
    myTemplate.BuildingBlockEntries.Add(Name:="New Building Block Entry", _
    Type:=wdTypeWatermarks, Category:="General", Range:=Selection.Range)

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