vb macro question

FatherLen

hi i have been asked to write a vb macro in word that creates a table with the existing titles in the document put into the table. i have made the macro ok but i need it to run before a save event but dont have a clue how to do it. any ideas?
any help is greatly appreciated.

Seth Brundle

What do yu mean by existing titles? Are these headings? If so, why not use a table of contents using that heading size alone?

FatherLen

yeah sorry i am doing that. i am taking headings of a certain size(the second headings in this case) and putting them into a table but i need the macro to fire when the file is saved(preferably before). i have found a few bits online about this in excel macros but very little for word. i am using word 2010 btw.
thanks again.

Seth Brundle

So am I correct that you want the table of contents to refresh?

FatherLen

yeah. sorry about my lack of kowledge with this subject, its my first time dealing with vb.
thanks for your help.

Seth Brundle

There is no onSave event in Word.
I've gone with the macro running when the document is closing - change as required.
With your word document open (and for the moment close all others), press Alt & F11.
In the ThisDocument module (visible in the project Explorer Ctrl & R) paste in the following...

Sub AutoClose()
Call UpdateRefTables
End Sub

Then go to Insert > Module and paste the following

Sub UpdateRefTables()
Dim TOC As TableOfContents  ' Table of Contents Object
Dim TOA As TableOfAuthorities ' Table of Authorities Object
Dim TOF As TableOfFigures ' Table of Figures Object
With ActiveDocument
' The following routines update TOC, TOA or TOF contents.
' Loop through Tables Of Contents and update
For Each TOC In .TablesOfContents
TOC.Update
Next
' Loop through Tables Of Authorities and update
For Each TOA In .TablesOfAuthorities
TOA.Update
Next
' Loop through Tables Of Figures and update
For Each TOF In .TablesOfFigures
TOF.Update
Next
End With
End Sub

Edit: Click Debug > Compile Project

Save this as a macro enabled document (.docm) and make sure that users know to enable macros when opening.

FatherLen

cheers buddy this worked perfectly. it updates the toc everytime i close the file. thanks again so much.