Sub CopyToList()
' Paul Beverley - Version 01.09.23
' Copies selected text into a list file

addReturn = True
' addBlankLine = True
addBlankLine = False

' keyWord = "queries"
keyWord = "list"

wordsToAvoid = "switch"
' wordsToAvoid = "FRedit,switch"

copyWholePara = False
' copyWholePara = True

copySentenceInstead = False

includeFormatting = True

myHighlightColour = wdColorBlack
' To add highlight, use:
' myHighlightColour = wdYellow

goBackToSource = True
alwaysCopyAtEnd = False


Set thisDoc = ActiveDocument
wds = Split("," & LCase(wordsToAvoid), ",")

If Selection.Start = Selection.End Then
  If copyWholePara = True Then
    If copySentenceInstead = True Then
      Selection.Expand wdSentence
    Else
      Selection.Expand wdParagraph
    End If
  Else
    Selection.Expand wdWord
    Do While InStr(ChrW(8217) & "' ", Right(Selection.Text, 1)) > 0
      Selection.MoveEnd , -1
      DoEvents
    Loop
  End If
Else
  Set rng = Selection.Range.Duplicate
  rng.Collapse wdCollapseEnd
  rng.MoveEnd , -1
  rng.Expand wdWord
  Do While InStr(ChrW(8217) & "' ", Right(rng.Text, 1)) > 0
    rng.MoveEnd , -1
    DoEvents
  Loop
  Selection.Collapse wdCollapseStart
  Selection.Expand wdWord
  Selection.Collapse wdCollapseStart
  rng.Start = Selection.Start
  rng.Select
End If


Set sourceText = Selection.Range

gottaList = False
For Each myDoc In Application.Documents
  thisName = myDoc.Name
  nm = LCase(thisName)
  gottaList = False
  If InStr(nm, LCase(keyWord)) > 0 Then gottaList = True
  For i = 1 To UBound(wds)
    If InStr(nm, wds(i)) > 0 Then gottaList = False
  Next i
  If gottaList = True Then
    myDoc.Activate
    Exit For
  End If
Next myDoc

If gottaList = False Then
  Beep
  MsgBox "Can't find a list."
  Exit Sub
End If

If alwaysCopyAtEnd = True Then
  Selection.EndKey Unit:=wdStory
Else
  hereNow = Selection.Start
  Selection.Expand wdParagraph
  If Selection.Start = hereNow Then Selection.Collapse wdCollapseStart
  If Len(Selection) = 1 Then
    Selection.Collapse wdCollapseStart
  Else
    Selection.Collapse wdCollapseEnd
  End If
End If


If includeFormatting = True Then
  Selection.Range.FormattedText = sourceText.FormattedText
Else
  Selection.Text = sourceText.Text
End If

Selection.MoveRight , Len(sourceText)

If InStr(sourceText, vbCr) = 0 Then
  Selection.TypeText vbCr
End If
If addBlankLine = True Then
  Selection.TypeText vbCr
End If
If goBackToSource = True Then thisDoc.Activate
If myHighlightColour > 0 Then
  sourceText.HighlightColorIndex = myHighlightColour
  Selection.Collapse wdCollapseEnd
End If
End Sub