Editing a text box in Word

[ercicttech]

Hi, there.

I'm trying to edit specific text boxes in a Word document, but I'm running into issues because they're grouped? (I think??)

I used the Macro recorder, and it shows:

 

ActiveDocument.Shapes.Range(Array("Group 5")).Select
    ActiveDocument.Shapes.Range(Array("Text Box 8")).Select
    Selection.TypeText Text:="Centre"

Could some kind soul please tell me how to access these in AutoIt?

All assistance gratefully received.

[Danyfirex]

You can get the shape this way:

 

$oDoc.Shapes("Group 5").GroupItems("Text Box 8")

 

Saludos

[ercicttech]

On 3/19/2026 at 6:05 PM, Danyfirex said:

You can get the shape this way:

 

$oDoc.Shapes("Group 5").GroupItems("Text Box 8")

 

Saludos

Thank you for the reply. Sorry I didn't respond before now - I don't get notifications from the forum.

I'll give this a try shortly.

 

[ercicttech]

Arghh.. I feel like I'm almost there? My lack of knowledge on using "with" is letting me down..

$test = $oDoc.Shapes("Group 5").GroupItems("Text Box 61").Select

Highlights the textbox in the Word Document...

But how do I change the contents of the text box to be "Hello world"?

Or read the current value of that textbox?

I've tried 

$test = $oDoc.Shapes("Group 5").GroupItems("Text Box 61").Select.TypeText
$test = $oDoc.Shapes("Group 5").GroupItems("Text Box 61").Select.Text
$test = $oDoc.Shapes("Group 5").GroupItems("Text Box 61").Select.TypeText.Text

They all return a blank value.

I know I'm missing something REALLY obvious!!

I've tried using "With ODoc.blah, OWord.blah"... It just throws up errors about the requested action with this object has failed.

 

 

[water]

$sText = $oDoc.Shapes("Group 5").GroupItems("Text Box 8").TextFrame.TextRange.Text

Should return the text.

You can find an example of how to edit the text in Microsofts Office Reference.

Edited 13 hours ago by water