Article ID: 159562
Article Last Modified on 8/10/2007
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Word 97 Standard Edition
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SUMMARY
In Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications, you can use the Information property, with the appropriate Type, to return information about the current selection. For example, you can determine the current page and section number for the insertion point or the selected text.
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The following Visual Basic code demonstrates the use of the Information property to return the current page and section number for the current selection in a document.
Public Sub rPageSectionNumber()
Dim sCurPage As String
Dim sCurSection as String
' Obtain page number.
sCurPage = Selection.Information(wdActiveEndPageNumber)
' Obtain section number.
sCurSection = Selection.Information(wdActiveEndSectionNumber)
' Display results.
MsgBox "Page " & sCurPage & ": " & "Section " & sCurSection
End Sub
For more information about the Information property, while in the Visual Basic for Applications Editor, click the Office Assistant, type Information click Search, and then click to view "Information Property."
NOTE: If the Assistant is hidden, click the Office Assistant button on the Standard toolbar. If Microsoft Visual Basic Help is not installed on your computer, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
120802 Office: How to Add/Remove a Single Office Program or Component
For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
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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