Erase text boxes in Word but retain text and formatting (macro)

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Erase text boxes in Word but retain text and formatting

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Sub EraseTextBoxes()
Dim RngDoc As Range, RngShp As Range, i As Long
With ActiveDocument
  For i = .Shapes.Count To 1 Step -1
    With .Shapes(i)
      If .Type = msoTextBox Then
        Set RngShp = .TextFrame.TextRange
        RngShp.End = RngShp.End - 1
        Set RngDoc = .Anchor
        RngDoc.Collapse wdCollapseEnd
        RngDoc.FormattedText = RngShp.FormattedText
        .Delete
      End If
    End With
  Next
End With
End Sub
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