Place text at a specific column in Word

[tmcnutt]

I have a VB app that uses Word to generate a report and I want to know if I can insert text at a certain column location on a line. I don't want to create a table if I don't have to. Thanks in advance.

Tom

 

[RobBroekhuis]

If you are using a fixed spacing font, I guess this might work:

Sub PlaceAtCol(s As String, col As Integer)
Selection.EndKey wdLine
Do While Selection.Information(wdFirstCharacterColumnNumber) < col
Selection.TypeText &quot; &quot;
Loop
Do While Selection.Information(wdFirstCharacterColumnNumber) > col
Selection.MoveLeft wdCharacter
Loop
Application.Options.Overtype = True
Selection.TypeText s
Application.Options.Overtype = False
End Sub
Rob