Microsoft KB Archive/182786

= WD98: Macro to Cascade Open Document Windows =

Article ID: 182786

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 Q182786





SUMMARY
Microsoft Word does not contain a command to cascade all open document windows. To add this functionality, use the Visual Basic for Applications macro included in this article. After you create this macro, you can add it to the Window menu for easy access.



MORE INFORMATION
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. The following example Visual Basic for Applications macro routine will cascade all open document windows. Sub CascadeWindows Dim iVLap As Integer       'Vertical Window Overlap. Dim iHLap As Integer       'Horizontal Window Overlap. Dim lngTop As Long         'Cascaded Window Top. Dim lngLeft As Long        'Cascaded Window Left. Dim lngWidth As Long       'Cascaded Window Width. Dim lngHeight As Long      'Cascaded Window Height. Dim wDocWindow As Window   'Document Window Object. ' If no documents exist, exit this routine. If Documents.Count = 0 Then Exit Sub 'Set document window to normal size. ActiveWindow.WindowState = wdWindowStateNormal 'Calculate window sizes. iVLap = 14  'Vertical overlap iHLap = 28  'Horizontal overlap 'Calculate width and height of windows in points. lngWidth = Application.UsableWidth - ((Windows.Count - 1) * iHLap) lngHeight = Application.UsableHeight - ((Windows.Count - 1) * iVLap) ' The following loop cascades the windows by calculating ' each document window size and then moves them into position. For Each wDocWindow In Windows Documents(wDocWindow).Activate With ActiveWindow .Top = lngTop .Left = lngLeft .Height = lngHeight .Width = lngWidth End With lngLeft = lngLeft + iHLap lngTop = lngTop + iVLap Next wDocWindow End Sub For more information about adding a command to a menu, click Contents And Index on the Help menu (or on the Balloon Help menu if you are using a version of the Macintosh operating system earlier than 8.0), click the Index button in Word Help, type the following text

menus, commands

and then click Show Topics. Select the "Add a command or other item to a menu" topic, and click Go To. If you are unable to find the information you need, ask the Office Assistant.

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

181058 OFF98: How to Run Sample Code from Knowledge Base Articles

