Microsoft KB Archive/105864

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Q105864

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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 95, version 7.0
 * 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:

"FormatSectionLayout" This article supplements the information in online Help. To open this Help topic, choose Contents from 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 "Programming with Microsoft Word."

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FormatSectionLayout
Syntax:

FormatSectionLayout [.SectionStart = number] [, .VertAlign = number] [, .Endnotes = number] [, .LineNum = number] [, .StartingNum = number] [, .FromText = text] [, .CountBy = text] [, .NumMode = number] Example:

This macro allows the user to set attributes of the current section:

 Sub MAIN Begin Dialog UserDialog 270, 120, "Microsoft Word" OKButton 170, 68, 88, 21 CancelButton 170, 93, 88, 21 Text 8, 6, 100, 13, "Start Section", .Text1 Text 6, 64, 137, 12, "Vertical Alignment", .Text2 OptionGroup .Start OptionButton 21, 21, 113, 16, "Continuous", .OptionButton1 OptionButton 21, 39, 107, 16, "New Page", .OptionButton2 OptionGroup .Align OptionButton 21, 79, 59, 16, "Top", .OptionButton3 OptionButton 21, 97, 97, 16, "Centered", .OptionButton4 End Dialog Dim dlg As UserDialog GetCurValues dlg n = Dialog(dlg) If n = 0 Then Goto Bye : If dlg.Start = 0 Then Start = 0 Else Start = 2 End If  If dlg.Align = 0 Then Align = 0 Else Align = 1 End If  FormatSectionLayout .SectionStart = Start, .VertAlign = Align bye:

End Sub Additional query words:

Keywords : kbmacro kbprg kbdtacode kbmacroexample winword macword word6 word7 word95

Issue type : kbhowto

Technology : kbWordSearch kbWordWSearch kbWordMSearch