Article ID: 181540
Article Last Modified on 8/21/2007
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Word 97 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q181540
SYMPTOMS
When you use the built-in Summary Info dialog box in a Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications procedure or macro, the Statistics button is unavailable (dimmed) when the dialog box is displayed.
WORKAROUND
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To work around this problem, use any of the following methods.
Method 1: Use the BuiltInDocumentProperties property
To work around this problem, you can retrieve a document statistic and store it in a variable using the BuiltInDocumentProperties property with the proper argument. The following sample macro retrieves the number of words in the active document:
Sub GetDocProperties()
Dim DP As Object
Dim nWrds As Integer
Set DP = ActiveDocument.BuiltInDocumentProperties
nWrds = DP("Number Of Words")
MsgBox "There are " & nWrds & " words."
End Sub
Method 2: Use the ComputeStatistics Method
Sub GetNumWords()
Dim nWrds As Integer
nWrds = ActiveDocument.ComputeStatistics(Statistic:=wdStatisticWords)
MsgBox "There are " & nWrds & " words."
End Sub
For more information about the BuiltInDocumentProperties property, click the Office Assistant while in the Visual Basic Editor, type BuiltInDocumentProperties, click Search, and then click to view "BuiltInDocumentProperties Property."
For more information about the ComputeStatistics method, click the Office Assistant while in the Visual Basic Editor, type ComputeStatistics, click Search, and then click to view "ComputeStatistics Method."
NOTE: If the Assistant is hidden, click the Office Assistant button on the Standard toolbar. If the Assistant is not able to answer your query, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
176476 OFF97: Office Assistant Not Answering Visual Basic Questions
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.
MORE INFORMATION
For additional information, please see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
158768 WD97: Sample VB Code to Set, Retrieve Summary Information
170732 WD97: Macro to Count Number of Document Paragraphs and Lines
162440 WD97: BuiltInDocumentProperties Returns Incorrect Page Count
173707 OFF97: How to Run Sample Code from Knowledge Base Articles
REFERENCES
For more information about getting help with Visual Basic for Applications, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
163435 VBA: Programming Resources for Visual Basic for Applications
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