Article ID: 158565
Article Last Modified on 7/13/2007
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Word 97 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q158565
SYMPTOMS
In Microsoft Word, the following character formatting functions ignore leading and trailing spaces when they evaluate a string:
x = Selection.Font.Hidden
x = Selection.Font.Bold
x = Selection.Font.Italic
x = Selection.Font.Underline
For example, if the text in a selection is formatted as hidden, but the spaces at the beginning or end of the selection are not formatted as hidden, the Hidden function returns -1 (True). This indicates that the entire selection is hidden, even though there are unhidden spaces at the beginning or end of the selection.
STATUS
This functionality is consistent with the functionality of other features in Word, such as the Format Font dialog box and Formatting toolbar. All these Word features disregard trailing and leading spaces when they evaluate a selection.
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
Additional query words: wordcon font hidden bold italic italics underline underscore underlining italicize bolding hiding hide selection beginning ending vb vbe vba
Keywords: kbdtacode kbfont kbformat kbnofix kbprb KB158565
