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WD97: Macro Returns to View Used Before Opening Header

Article ID: 162938

Article Last Modified on 1/19/2007

APPLIES TO

Microsoft Word 97 Standard Edition

This article was previously published under Q162938

SYMPTOMS

When you run a macro that opens, modifies, and closes the header or footer, you are returned to page layout view when the macro finishes, regardless of which document view you were using prior to running the macro.

WORKAROUND

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To return to the document view you were using prior to running the macro, use a Visual Basic for Applications macro that adds the following functionality:

Dimensions a variable to hold the current view.
Saves the current view into the variable.

Restores the original view when the macro finishes.

  Sub ViewHeaderFooterExample()
      ' Add this line that dimensions a variable.
      ' to store the current view.
      Dim OriginalView As Long   ' <-- Add
      ' Recorded Code.
      If ActiveWindow.View.SplitSpecial <> wdPaneNone Then
         ActiveWindow.Panes(2).Close
      End If
      ' Add this line that captures the current view.
      OriginalView = ActiveWindow.ActivePane.View.Type   ' <-- Add
      ' Recorded Code.
      If ActiveWindow.ActivePane.View.Type = wdNormalView Or _
         ActiveWindow.ActivePane.View.Type = wdOutlineView Or _
         ActiveWindow.ActivePane.View.Type = wdMasterView Then
         ActiveWindow.ActivePane.View.Type = wdPageView
      End If
      ActiveWindow.ActivePane.View.SeekView = wdSeekCurrentPageHeader
      ActiveWindow.ActivePane.View.SeekView = wdSeekMainDocument
      ' Add this line that returns the view to the original view.
      ActiveWindow.ActivePane.View.Type = OriginalView   ' <-- Add
   End Sub

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 article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

173707 OFF97: How to Run Sample Code from Knowledge Base Articles

For more information about how to edit a macro, click the Office Assistant while in the Visual Basic Editor, type edit a macro click Search, and then click to view "Edit a macro."

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 OFF: Office Assistant Not Answering Visual Basic Questions

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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