Microsoft KB Archive/179558

= WD97: Tab Stop Count Returns Incorrect Count =

Article ID: 179558

Article Last Modified on 1/22/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Word 97 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q179558





SYMPTOMS
When you use the Visual Basic for Applications Count property to return the number of default tab stops in a paragraph, the count returned does not match a physical count of tab stops in the document.



CAUSE
The default tab stop count value returned is counted from margin to margin. If paragraph indentations are set to a value other than zero, the physical count of default tab stops will not match the value returned using the Count property.



WORKAROUND
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To work around this problem, use the following example Visual Basic for Applications macro:

Sub ActualDefaultTabStopCount Dim iMargins As Integer Dim iIndents As Integer Dim iTabStops As Integer Dim iDefTabStop As Integer iDefTabStop = ActiveDocument.DefaultTabStop With ActiveDocument With .PageSetup ' Get measurement between margins. iMargins = (.PageWidth - (.LeftMargin + .RightMargin)) End With With .Paragraphs(1) ' Add left and right indents. iIndents = (.LeftIndent + .RightIndent) ' Obtain number of default tab stops from indent to indent. iTabStops = (iMargins - iIndents) / iDefTabStop End With End With MsgBox iTabStops End Sub



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



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

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

