Technically, the two sets of code appear similar to me. Obviously one is using object variables to reference the objects and the other references them specifically each time.
In general, these should be equivalent. However I can think of two issues which may effect this :
- Some objects only work properly when referenced via object variables. The only item I'm aware of though is CurrentDB in Access. Not familiar with MS Word environment but it's possible the same restrictions apply there for some objects.
- Your code snippet uses a Paste. If the two sets of code are run when different items are available on the clipboard, then you will have different results.
Perhaps, if you described exactly what results you're getting in each test we could be more help, although few of us are as expert in Word as we are in Access.
Welcome to
Bytes!
