Document.DataForm method (Word)

Displays the Data Form dialog box, in which you can add, delete, or modify records.

Syntax

expression. DataForm

expression Required. A variable that represents a Document object.

Remarks

Use this method with a mail merge main document, a mail merge data source, or any document that contains data delimited by table cells or separator characters.

Example

This example displays the Data Form dialog box if the active document is a mail merge document.

If ActiveDocument.MailMerge.State <> wdNormalDocument Then 
 ActiveDocument.DataForm 
End If

This example creates a table in a new document and then displays the Data Form dialog box.

Set aDoc = Documents.Add 
With aDoc 
 .Tables.Add Range:=aDoc.Content, NumRows:=2, NumColumns:=2 
 .Tables(1).Cell(1, 1).Range.Text = "Name" 
 .Tables(1).Cell(1, 2).Range.Text = "Age" 
 .DataForm 
End With

See also

Document Object

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