Microsoft KB Archive/179557

= WD98: Tabstop Count Returns Incorrect Count =

Article ID: 179557

Article Last Modified on 6/17/2005

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Word 98 for Macintosh

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This article was previously published under Q179557



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
Microsoft provides programming examples for illustration only, without warranty either expressed or implied. This includes, but is not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. This article assumes that you are familiar with the programming language that is being demonstrated and with the tools that are used to create and to debug procedures. Microsoft support engineers can help explain the functionality of a particular procedure, but they will not modify these examples to provide added functionality or construct procedures to meet your specific requirements. 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 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) / _ ActiveDocument.DefaultTabStop End With End With MsgBox iTabStops End Sub



STATUS
Microsoft is researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

