Copying images in an Excel file into a Word table - excel

Question

I am using Office 365 on a Windows 10 64-bit pc.
I have a Word document with a table into which I want to copy elements from an Excel document. The elements are a) text from its cell, b) a hyperlink from its cell and c) images from a list of images.
The first two tasks are performed successfully by the following sub:
Sub ImportFromExcel()
Dim RowNo As Long, RowTarget As Long
Dim RowFirst As Long, RowLast As Long
Dim strContent As String, strLink As String, strDisplay As String
Dim xlAppl As New Excel.Application
Dim xlBook As New Excel.Workbook
Dim xlSheet As New Excel.Worksheet
Dim ExcelFileName As String
Dim tbl As Word.Table
On Error GoTo Finish
ExcelFileName = "C:\MyPath\MyExcelDoc.xlsm"
Set xlAppl = CreateObject("Excel.Application")
xlAppl.Application.Visible = False
xlAppl.Workbooks.Open ExcelFileName
Set xlBook = xlAppl.ActiveWorkbook
Set xlSheet = xlBook.Worksheets("Titan")
Set tbl = ActiveDocument.Tables(1)
RowFirst = 6: RowLast = 19
For RowNo = RowFirst To RowLast
RowTarget = RowNo - RowFirst + 1
strContent = xlSheet.Cells(RowNo, 5).Value
tbl.Cell(RowTarget, 1).Range.Text = strContent
strDisplay = xlSheet.Cells(RowNo, 3).Value
tbl.Cell(RowTarget, 3).Range.Text = strContent
strLink = xlSheet.Cells(RowNo, 3).Hyperlinks(1).Address
InsertHyperlinkInTable tbl, RowTarget, 3, strLink, strDisplay
' CopyImageFromExcelToWord xlSheet, RowTarget, tbl
Next RowNo
Finish:
xlAppl.ActiveWorkbook.Close False ' Word will not freeze at this point
xlAppl.Quit
Set xlSheet = Nothing
Set xlBook = Nothing
Set xlAppl = Nothing
End Sub
I copy the hyperlink by reading its address and caption and then recreating it in Word.
Also from Word I can select a give image by way of its index using the first two active lines of the following sub:
Sub CopyImageFromExcelToWord(xlSheet As Excel.Worksheet, imgNo As Long, tbl As Word.Table)
Dim strId As String
' Syntax at https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/office/vba/api/excel.worksheet.select
strId = "Picture " & CStr(2 * imgNo)
xlSheet.Shapes.Range(Array(strId)).Select
' Missing link !
With tbl.Cell(1, 4)
.Range.ParagraphFormat.Alignment = wdAlignParagraphCenter
.VerticalAlignment = wdCellAlignVerticalCenter
.Select
End With
Selection.PasteAndFormat (wdFormatOriginalFormatting)
End Sub
An image residing in the clipboard can be inserted into Word using the last six lines.
But I have not found out how to copy the image I selected in the Excel document to the clipboard with a Word macro.
Can this be done somehow?
Can the copying of the hyperlink be performed in a smarter way?

Answer 1

Try
Sub CopyImageFromExcelToWord(xlSheet As Excel.Worksheet, imgNo As Long, tbl As Word.Table)
Dim strId As String
' Syntax at https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/office/vba/api/excel.worksheet.select
strId = "Picture " & CStr(2 * imgNo)
xlSheet.Shapes.Range(Array(strId)).Item(1).Copy
With tbl.Cell(1, 4)
.Range.ParagraphFormat.Alignment = wdAlignParagraphCenter
.VerticalAlignment = wdCellAlignVerticalCenter
.Range.PasteAndFormat wdFormatOriginalFormatting
End With
End Sub