How to select all embedded objects in Word?

If you need to select all embedded objects in Word, how do you select? Now this tutorial will introduce you following methods to select all embedded objects in the whole document or the selection of the document.

When you have objects overlapping on a slide, it may be difficult to select the object you want. For example, you may find yourself selecting the text placeholder when you want to select an image. But when you move the text placeholder to select the image, getting the placeholder back in its exact location is difficult. Click Kutools click Paragraph Select in Paragraph group click Select All Embedded Word Objects Paragraph from drop down list. See screenshot: See screenshot: Note: if you only want to select all objects from a selection of the document, please select a part of the document first, and then apply this tool. Bookmark object. In addition to the Word object model, Office projects in Visual Studio provide host items and host controls that extend some objects in the Word object model. Host items and host controls behave like the Word objects they extend, but they also have additional functionality such as data-binding capabilities and extra events.

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Select all embedded objects with the VBA

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Instead of select embedded objects one by one, the VBA is an easier way to select all embedded objects.

VBA code can select all embedded objects, do as follows:

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Step 1: Press Alt+F11 to open VBA window;

Step 2: Click Module from Insert tab, put the code into Module window;

Step 3: Click Run button or press F5 to apply the VBA.

The VBA code to select all embedded objects:

Sub SelectAllEmbedObjects()
Dim tempTable As Object
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
ActiveDocument.DeleteAllEditableRanges wdEditorEveryone
For Each tempTable In ActiveDocument.InlineShapes
tempTable.Range.Paragraphs(1).Range.Editors.Add wdEditorEveryone
Next
ActiveDocument.SelectAllEditableRanges wdEditorEveryone
ActiveDocument.DeleteAllEditableRanges wdEditorEveryone
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
End Sub

Select all embedded objects with Kutool for Word

It is painful and time consuming to select all embedded objects one by one, if you are not good at Macro. It is so complicated to use VBA to select all objects. Now recommend you an easier way to select all embedded objects. With one click, you can select all objects in the whole document or a part of the document.

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Click Kutools > click Paragraph Select in Paragraph group > click Select All Embedded Word Objects Paragraph from drop down list. See screenshot:

Note: if you only want to select all objects from a selection of the document, please select a part of the document first, and then apply this tool.

For more detailed information about Select Embed Object Paragraphs of Kutools for Word. please visit: Paragraph Select feature description

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How to select all word objects in Word?

Sometimes we insert some word document objects in Word document. How to select all inserted word document objects in Word? This tutorial will guide you to select all embedded word document objects.

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Select all embedded word document objects with the VBA

Instead of selecting one by one, the VBA is an easier way to select all embedded word document objects

VBA code can select all embedded word document objects, do as follows:

Step 1: Press Alt+F11 to open VBA window;

Step 2: Click Module from Insert tab, put the code into Module window;

Step 3: Click Run button or press F5 to apply the VBA.

The VBA code to select all word document objects:

Sub SelectAllEmbedWordObject()
Dim tempTable As InlineShape
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
ActiveDocument.DeleteAllEditableRanges wdEditorEveryone
For Each tempTable In ActiveDocument.InlineShapes
If InStr(tempTable.OLEFormat.ProgID, 'Word') = 1 Then
tempTable.Range.Paragraphs(1).Range.Editors.Add wdEditorEveryone
End If
Next
ActiveDocument.SelectAllEditableRanges wdEditorEveryone
ActiveDocument.DeleteAllEditableRanges wdEditorEveryone
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
End Sub

Select all embedded word document objects with Kutool for Word

Actually, there is a more convenient and quicker way to select all inserted word document objects in Word. You do not need to study VBA. After installing Kutool for Word, only one click will help you quickly select all embedded word document objects in whole document or in the selection.

Kutools for Word, a handy add-in, includes groups of tools to ease your work and enhance your ability of processing word document. Free Trial for 45 days! Get It Now!

Click Kutools > click Paragraph Select in Paragraph group > click Select All Embedded Word Objects Paragraphs from drop down list. See screenshot:

Note: if you make a selection in the document first, this tool will only select all embedded word document objects of the selection.

For more detailed information about Select Embed Word Object Paragraphs of Kutools for Word. please visit: Paragraph Select feature description

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