How to import a paragraph selected from Microsoft Word 2007 to add-in?

Question

Hi all,
I'm writing a add-in for Microsoft Word 2007. A problem is happen, I don't know how to import a paragraph selected from Microsoft Word 2007  to my add-in. Help me please!
Thanks all!

Answer 1

Please provide more information. I don't understand what you mean by "importa a paragraph to [your] add-in." What, more specifically, do you need to do with the paragraph the user has selected in the document?

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Cindy Meister, VSTO/Word MVP

Answer 2

Please provide more information. I don't understand what you mean by "importa a paragraph to [your] add-in." What, more specifically, do you need to do with the paragraph the user has selected in the document?

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Cindy Meister, VSTO/Word MVP

Instead of copying and paste a paragraph to my add-in, user can select a paragraph and press Ctrl + right mouse click it will auto importing to my add-in

Answer 3

I still do not understand what you want help with.

FWIW VSTO provides no way for you to assign a keyboard shortcut to a command in your add-in. Keyboard shortcuts can only be mapped to VBA macros within a Word document. If you want to link the keyboard to your add-in you must use the Windows API to hook into the keyboard messaging.

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Cindy Meister, VSTO/Word MVP

Answer 4

That is my problem. I don't know how to use the Windows API to hook into the keyboard messaging. Can you help me?
Thanks!

Answer 5

Hi

If I understood you question, you want to get some selected text from a Word document in your add-in and process it .

you can write a function that reads selected text from the document and returns a string . 

        private string GetDocumentText()
        {
            try
            {
                Word.Selection s = this.Application.Selection;
                return s.Text;
            }
            catch
            {
                System.Windows.Forms.MessageBox.Show("Error reading document !");
            }

            return string.Empty;
        }

Answer 6

Hello,

Here's a sample of working with Windows API in VSTO please check it out:
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/vsto/thread/74a87306-f7ea-4410-9cbb-6d772d94c8c2/

Thanks

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