WD97: Sample Code to Increment Through a Document Line by Line

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   Sub LineByLine()
      Dim x As Integer
      Dim fdWord As String
      ' Move the insertion point to the beginning of the document.
      Selection.HomeKey Unit:=wdStory, Extend:=wdMove
      ' Loop number of lines in document.
      x = ActiveDocument.BuiltInDocumentProperties("NUMBER OF LINES")
      For i = 1 To x
         ' Select a line.
         ActiveDocument.Bookmarks("\LINE").Select
         ' Display line number.
         MsgBox "Line: " & i
         ' Move to next line.
         Selection.MoveRight Unit:=wdCharacter, Count:=1, Extend:=wdMove
      Next i
   End Sub
				

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