Document.DataForm Method

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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

You can 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.

Visual Basic for Applications 
  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.

Visual Basic for Applications 
  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

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