Microsoft KB Archive/170891

= WD97: Macro to Count Sections in a Document =

Article ID: 170891

Article Last Modified on 1/20/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Word 97 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q170891





SUMMARY
This article describes a Visual Basic for Applications macro that returns the total number of sections in a Microsoft Word document.



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The following sample Visual Basic for Applications macro returns the total number of sections in the active document: Sub CountSections MsgBox ActiveDocument.Sections.Count & " section(s)." End Sub For more information about returning section information, click the Office Assistant while in the Visual Basic Editor, type sections, click Search, and then click to view "Sections Collection Object."

NOTE: If the Assistant is hidden, click the Office Assistant button on the Standard toolbar. If the Assistant is not able to answer your query, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

176476 OFF: Office Assistant Not Answering Visual Basic Questions

For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

173707 OFF97: How to Run Sample Code from Knowledge Base Articles

