Microsoft KB Archive/106325

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WD: WordBasic Examples: ShrinkSelection

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Q106325

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Word for Windows, versions 6.0, 6.0a, 6.0c
 * Microsoft Word for Windows NT, version 6.0
 * Microsoft Word for Windows 95, versions 7.0, 7.0a
 * Microsoft Word for the Macintosh, versions 6.0, 6.0.1

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SUMMARY
This article contains a sample macro that demonstrates the use of the following WordBasic statement or function:

  ShrinkSelection This article supplements the information in online Help. To open this Help topic in Word for Windows, click Contents on the Help menu and then choose the "Programming with Microsoft Word" topic. In Word for the Macintosh, click the Help icon, select Microsoft Word Help and choose the "Programming with Microsoft Word" topic.

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ShrinkSelection
Syntax:

ShrinkSelection Example:

This sample macro selects from the insertion point through the end of the document, then shrinks the selection to the current sentence. ShrinkSelection shrinks the selection to the next smaller unit of text. The progression is as follows: entire document, section, paragraph, sentence, word, insertion point. The insertion point is the beginning of the original selection.

  Sub MAIN EndOfDocument 1 MsgBox "Shrink to current paragraph" ShrinkSelection MsgBox "Shrink to current sentence" ShrinkSelection End Sub Additional query words:

Keywords : kbmacro kbprg kbdtacode wordnt kbmacroexample ntword macword word6 word7 word95

Issue type : kbhowto

Technology : kbWordSearch kbWordWSearch kbWordMSearch