

Sally, you've suggested that there is no simple solution because of how you've changed the graphics/art features. The time having to select objects one at a time with the control key is a useless waste of time.

I just recently upgraded to 2010 and I wish I hadn't. It when I read that this has been a known issue since Word 2010 Beta in Dec 2009 and continues to be an issue now with the full release, almost a year later. Not being able to select a bunch of objects at the same time is a great limitation. I agree with the others - this is ridiculous that Microsoft would make this tool available but remove its ability to do anything useful. I sincerely hope the information above can help. You might ask how this is different than selecting shapes without turning on "select objects" the answer to that would be to allow you to select shapes that are "behind" text, or more easily select rotated shapes, etc. You can select multiple shapes holding down the CTRL or SHIFT key while clicking shapes. That said, the "select object" tool that exists in Word 2010 should allow you to select individual shapes.

We upgrading our graphics/art features the way the shapes/objects need to be selected is different than how "old" graphics/art is selectable in Word 2007. It's not as simple as using the same feature that existed in the last version since

The work needed to make the object selection work as it did in Word 2007 was out of scope for this release. Is there a way that I can select multiple textboxes, similar to the Shift-Left_Click ability that exists in the normal word document? I will post my code below: Option ExplicitĪ you for using Word IT Pro Discussions forum.Īccording to Peter’s reply, this might be an issue by design. If I run it again it will move the next one, etc. My problem is that the sub will only move the first textbox it finds to a new doc. In VBA for Microsoft Word, I am trying writing a subroutine that will search through all shapes on a document, find the ones that are textboxes, and will move them to a newly created document by means of cut-and-paste.
