Article ID: 249906
Article Last Modified on 1/27/2007
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Word 97 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q249906
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 containing three or more paragraphs of text.
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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:
173707 OFF97: 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 <> wdPageView Then ActiveWindow.ActivePane.View.Type = wdPageView 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
For more information about the InsertBreak method, from the Visual Basic Editor, click Contents and Index on the Help menu, click the Index tab in Word Help, type the following text
insertbreak
and then double-click the selected text to go to the "InsertBreak Method" topic. If you are unable to find the information you need, ask the Office Assistant.
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