Renaming Word Document from Excel VBA

Hey all!


I have a Word template which I am using with <amount>, <account> etc. which I am then having a VBA script in Excel pull data from cells and replace the <amount> etc. with the value in the cell.
I've got it working fantastically now but I am having some troubles with saving the Word document. Essentially I am wanting to have the Excel script pull the name for the document from a cell and then save the document with that as its name in a different location as to not save over the template.
Essentially my goal is to fill data into a handful of cells and then trigger a VBA script which replaces text on the Word document template and then saves the document with a particular name. On top of this (and I am not sure if this is even possible) I wish to password encrypt the document.


Here's the existing code so far:

Code:

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Option Explicit

Public Sub WordFindAndReplace()
Dim ws As Worksheet, msWord As Object

Set ws = ActiveSheet
Set msWord = CreateObject("Word.Application")

With msWord
    .Visible = True
    .Documents.Open "/Users/Aafrika/Desktop/Test.docx"
    .Activate

    With .ActiveDocument.Content.Find
        .ClearFormatting
        .Replacement.ClearFormatting

        .Text = "<date>"
        .Replacement.Text = Format(ws.Range("C1").Value2, "dd/mm/yyyy")

        .Forward = True
        .Wrap = 1              'wdFindContinue (WdFindWrap Enumeration)
        .Format = False
        .MatchCase = False
        .MatchWholeWord = False
        .MatchWildcards = False
        .MatchSoundsLike = False
        .MatchAllWordForms = False

        .Execute Replace:=2    'wdReplaceAll (WdReplace Enumeration)

        .Text = "<amount>"
        .Replacement.Text = Format(ws.Range("C2").Value2, "currency")

        .Forward = True
        .Wrap = 1              'wdFindContinue (WdFindWrap Enumeration)
        .Format = False
        .MatchCase = False
        .MatchWholeWord = False
        .MatchWildcards = False
        .MatchSoundsLike = False
        .MatchAllWordForms = False

        .Execute Replace:=2    'wdReplaceAll (WdReplace Enumeration)


    End With
    .Quit SaveChanges:=True
End With
End Sub

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How would I go about this?
Many thanks in advance.

I've managed to get the item to save by setting it as an Object and then saving that, see code below, but I am not sure on how to use the name pulled from a cell nor how to password encrypt the file.

Code:

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Option Explicit


Private Sub WordFindAndReplace()
    Dim ws As Worksheet
    Set ws = ActiveSheet


    Dim msWord As Object
    Dim msWordDoc As Object
    Set msWord = CreateObject("Word.Application")


    msWord.Visible = True
    Set msWordDoc = msWord.Documents.Open("/Users/Aafrika/Desktop/Test.docx")


    With msWordDoc
        With .Content.Find
            .ClearFormatting
            .Replacement.ClearFormatting


            .Text = "<date>"
            .Replacement.Text = Format(ws.Range("C1").Value2, "dd/mm/yyyy")


            .Forward = True
            .Wrap = 1              'wdFindContinue (WdFindWrap Enumeration)
            .Format = False
            .MatchCase = False
            .MatchWholeWord = False
            .MatchWildcards = False
            .MatchSoundsLike = False
            .MatchAllWordForms = False


            .Execute Replace:=2    'wdReplaceAll (WdReplace Enumeration)


            .Text = "<amount>"
            .Replacement.Text = Format(ws.Range("C2").Value2, "currency")


            .Forward = True
            .Wrap = 1              'wdFindContinue (WdFindWrap Enumeration)
            .Format = False
            .MatchCase = False
            .MatchWholeWord = False
            .MatchWildcards = False
            .MatchSoundsLike = False
            .MatchAllWordForms = False


            .Execute Replace:=2    'wdReplaceAll (WdReplace Enumeration)
        End With
        .SaveAs Filename:="/Users/Aafrika/Desktop/Output.docx", FileFormat:=12 'wdFormatXMLDocument
        DoEvents
    End With


End Sub

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Replace your code by:

Code:

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Sub M_snb()
  sn = ActiveSheet.Range("C1:C2")
 
  With GetObject("G:\OF\Users\Aafrika\Desktop\Test.docx")
    With .Content.Find
        .clearformatting
        .Execute "<date>", , , , , , , , , Format(sn(j, 1), "dd/mm/yyyy"), 2
        .Execute "<amount>", , , , , , , , , Formatcurrency(sn(j, 2)), 2
    End With
    .Close -1
  End With
End Sub

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Like Excel, you can record a macro in Word to get syntax for some application commands. e.g.

Code:

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  ActiveDocument.SaveAs2 FileName:="ken2.docx", FileFormat:= _    wdFormatXMLDocument, LockComments:=False, Password:="ken", AddToRecentFiles _
    :=True, WritePassword:="ken", ReadOnlyRecommended:=False, EmbedTrueTypeFonts _
    :=False, SaveNativePictureFormat:=False, SaveFormsData:=False, _
    SaveAsAOCELetter:=False, CompatibilityMode:=15

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I am not sure what the Renaming in the subject line means. If you actually meant that, with the document closed, VBA's Name file1 As file2 will rename a file.