VBA-Excel: Add/Insert multiple Images/Pictures from a folder in Word Document

To Add or Insert Multiple Images or Pictures in Microsoft Word Document using Microsoft Excel, you need to follow the steps below:

• Declare END_OF_STORY and MOVE_SELECTION as variables
• Assign MOVE_SELECTION =0 and END_OF_STORY = 6
• Create the object of Microsoft Word
• Create the object of FileSystemObject
• Create Folder object using FileSystemObject and GetFolder method
• Using MS word object, Open the existing word document by providing the complete path
• Make the MS Word visible
• Create a Selection object with the help of WordObject.
• Access Folder files using Folder object
• Get the image paths from the folder
• Insert image in the word documents using AddPicture()
• Insert a page break after every image

Declare END_OF_STORY and MOVE_SELECTION as variables

Dim END_OF_STORY

Dim MOVE_SELECTION

Assign MOVE_SELECTION =0 and END_OF_STORY = 6

END_OF_STORY = 6

MOVE_SELECTION = 0

Create the object of Microsoft Word

Set objWord = CreateObject(“Word.Application”)

Create the object of FileSystemObject

Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")

Create Folder object using FileSystemObject and GetFolder (link) method

Set objFolder = objFSO.GetFolder(strFolderPath)

Using MS word object, open the existing word document by providing the complete path

Set objDoc = objWord.Documents.Open("D:\OpenMe.docx")

Make the MS Word Visible

objWord.Visible = True

Create a Selection object with the help of WordObject.

Set objSelection = objWord.Selection

Access Folder files using Folder object

objFolder.Files

Get the image paths from the folder

ImgPath = Img.Path

Insert image in the word documents using AddPicture()

objSelection.InlineShapes.AddPicture (ImgPath)

Insert a page break after every image

objSelection.insertbreak

Complete Code:

Function FnInsertMultipleImages(strFolderPath)

   Dim objWord

   Dim objDoc

   Dim objSelection

   Dim objShapes

   Dim objFSO

   Dim objFolder

   Set objWord = CreateObject("Word.Application")

   Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")    

   Set objFolder = objFSO.GetFolder(strFolderPath)

   Set objDoc = objWord.Documents.Open("D:\OpenMe.docx")

   objWord.Visible = True

   Set objSelection = objWord.Selection

   For Each Img In objFolder.Files

     ImgPath = Img.Path

        objSelection.InlineShapes.AddPicture (ImgPath)

 objSelection.insertbreak

   Next

End Function

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