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WD2000: Sample Visual Basic Code to Insert Section, Page, and Column Breaks

Article ID: 218500

Article Last Modified on 10/11/2006

APPLIES TO

Microsoft Word 2000 Standard Edition

This article was previously published under Q218500

SUMMARY

This article contains macro code samples that demonstrate the use of the following WordBasic statements or functions:

Inserting section breaks
Inserting page breaks
Inserting column breaks

To illustrate the following macro samples, create a sample Word document that contains three or more paragraphs of text. For additional information about creating sample text in a Word document, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

212251 WD2000: How to Insert Sample Text into a Document

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For more information about how to use the sample code in this article, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

212536 OFF2000: How to Run Sample Code from Knowledge Base Articles

To Insert a Section Break

Use the following macro sample to insert a continuous section break at the location of the insertion point:

Sub InsertContinuousBreak()
   Selection.InsertBreak Type:=wdSectionBreakContinuous
End Sub

Use the following macro sample to insert a continuous section break before and after the second paragraph of your Word document and then change the left and right margins of the new section:

Sub InsertContinuousBreaks()
    With ActiveDocument.Paragraphs(2).Range
        .Collapse direction:=wdCollapseEnd
        .InsertBreak Type:=wdSectionBreakContinuous
        
        With ActiveDocument.Paragraphs(2).Range
            .Collapse direction:=wdCollapseStart
            .InsertBreak Type:=wdSectionBreakContinuous
        End With
        
    ActiveDocument.Sections(2).PageSetup.LeftMargin = 180
    ActiveDocument.Sections(2).PageSetup.RightMargin = 180

    End With
End Sub

To Insert a Page Break

Use the following macro sample to insert a page break at the location of the insertion point:

Sub InsertPageBreak()
   Selection.InsertBreak Type:=wdPageBreak
End Sub

Use the following macro sample to insert a page break after the second paragraph of your Word document:

Sub InsertPageBreak()
    With ActiveDocument.Paragraphs(2).Range
        .Collapse direction:=wdCollapseEnd
        .InsertBreak Type:=wdPageBreak
    End With
End Sub

To Insert a Column Break

Use the following macro sample to insert a column break at the location of the insertion point:

Sub InsertColumnBreak()
   Selection.InsertBreak Type:=wdPageBreak
End Sub

Use the following macro sample to format your Word document as three columns and then to insert a column break before and after the second paragraph of your Word document. The macro then leaves the second paragraph in the second column of the document:

Sub InsertColumnBreaks()

   If ActiveWindow.View.SplitSpecial <> wdPaneNone Then
      ActiveWindow.Panes(2).Close
   End If
   If ActiveWindow.ActivePane.View.Type <> wdPrintView Then
      ActiveWindow.ActivePane.View.Type = wdPrintView
   End If
   With ActiveDocument.PageSetup.TextColumns
      .SetCount NumColumns:=3
   End With

   With ActiveDocument.Paragraphs(2).Range
      .Collapse direction:=wdCollapseEnd
      .InsertBreak Type:=wdColumnBreak
        
      With ActiveDocument.Paragraphs(2).Range
         .Collapse direction:=wdCollapseStart
         .InsertBreak Type:=wdColumnBreak
      End With
        
   End With
End Sub

REFERENCES

For more information about the InsertBreak method, in the Visual Basic Editor, click Microsoft Visual Basic Help on the Help menu, type insertbreak in the Office Assistant or the Answer Wizard, and then click Search to view the topic.

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