How to display the filename without extension by { filename }?
Say, given a document named ‘MyDoc.docx”, how to show it as “MyDoc”?
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AskWoody LoungerJuly 31, 2009 at 12:45 am #1171671How to display the filename without extension by { filename }?
Say, given a document named ‘MyDoc.docx”, how to show it as “MyDoc”?Same question as this topic from May: Filename Field Code options Word 2007 (Word). Unfortunately the answer was that you cannot display only a portion of the file name when using the FILENAME field.
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WSarmsys
AskWoody LoungerJuly 31, 2009 at 1:45 am #1171672Same question as this topic from May: Filename Field Code options Word 2007 (Word). Unfortunately the answer was that you cannot display only a portion of the file name when using the FILENAME field.
Hi Jscher2000,
Thanks for your fast response. I thought it could be attained by { quote }.
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macropod
AskWoody_MVPAugust 1, 2009 at 2:57 am #1171769Hi macropod,
You’re the authority in the Field. Perhaps I should learn how to do it in VBA.
Thanks.
ArmstrongHi Armstrong,
If you add the following code to the document’s ‘this Document’ module, and insert a bookmark named ‘FileName’ wherever you want the filename to appear, it will insert/update the file’s name (without the extension) at that location whenever the document is opened. If you want this to apply to all documents based on a given template, do the same to the template.
Code:Private Sub Document_Open() Dim BmkNm As String, BmkRng As Range, FileName As String BmkNm = "FileName" FileName = ActiveDocument.Name If InStrRev(FileName, ".") > 0 Then FileName = Left(FileName, InStrRev(FileName, ".") - 1) If ActiveDocument.Bookmarks.Exists(BmkNm) Then Set BmkRng = ActiveDocument.Bookmarks(BmkNm).Range If BmkRng.Text = FileName Then Exit Sub BmkRng.Text = FileName ActiveDocument.Bookmarks.Add BmkNm, BmkRng Else MsgBox "Bookmark: " & BmkNm & " not found." End If Set BmkRng = Nothing End Sub
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