Adding Parentheses

Normally, you add parentheses around your parenthetical remarks as you type your text. There may be times, however, when you want to add the parentheses at a later time. For instance, while editing your document you may select some text and then want parentheses added around the selected text. If you are using a version of Word that supports VBA, you can use the following macro, AddParens:

Sub AddParens()
    Selection.InsertBefore "("
    Selection.InsertAfter ")"
End Sub

This macro first checks to make sure you have selected some text. If so, the selected text is replaced with the proper text within parentheses.