Need a macro to create a subdocument

I have a document with some lines that contain a string, say <astring>. I would like to have a macro that would parse the document, and create a new document that only contains the lines that have <...

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Doug_Robbins_Word_MVP
Mar 08, 2025
Use a macro containing the following code

Sub MakeSubDoc()
Dim source As Document
Dim target As Document
Dim str As String
Dim rngstr As Range
Set source = ActiveDocument
Set target = Documents.Add
source.Activate
str = InputBox("Insert the text to be found.")
Selection.HomeKey wdStory
Selection.Find.ClearFormatting
With Selection.Find
Do While .Execute(FindText:=str, MatchWildcards:=False, MatchCase:=True, Wrap:=wdFindStop, Forward:=True) = True
Set rngstr = Selection.Range.Bookmarks("\line")
target.Range.InsertAfter rngstr & vbCr
Selection.Collapse wdCollapseEnd
Loop
End With
target.Activate
End Sub

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