Microsoft KB Archive/240232

= WD97: Selection.Information Returns Incorrect Information from Merged Cells in Word Table =

Article ID: 240232

Article Last Modified on 1/25/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Word 97 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q240232



SYMPTOMS
When you use the Selection.Information(wdStartOfRangeColumnNumber) or Selection.Information(wdStartOfRangeRowNumber) method to return the column or row number from a Word table with merged cells, the information returned does not take into account that a table contains merged cells. Thus the returned information cannot be used to reference cells in rows that contain merged cells.



WORKAROUND
To work around this problem, use Visual Basic for Applications code to loop through and mark Row, Column using the Tables(n).Columns.Count and Tables(n).Rows.Count of each cell while keeping track of count manually.



RESOLUTION
To resolve the problem described in this article, obtain and install the latest Microsoft Word 97 update from the following Microsoft Web site:

http://office.microsoft.com/downloads/9798/Wd97mcrs.aspx

IMPORTANT NOTE: Microsoft Word 97 post-service release fixes are cumulative. The latest update contains all of the fixes since Service Release 2. If you install the latest update for Word 97, you do not need to install any other updates after Service Release 2.

For additional information about the fixes included in the latest update for Word 97, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

265374 WD97: Post Service Release Fixes for Word 97



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

Additional query words: VBA VBE VB

Keywords: kbhotfixserver kbqfe kbdownload kbbug kbfix kbqfe KB240232

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