KB181442 - WD98: Macro to Count Number of Document Paragraphs and Lines

Article ID: 181442

Article Last Modified on 6/17/2005

Microsoft Word 98 for Macintosh

This article was previously published under Q181442

SUMMARY

This article contains a sample Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications macro (Sub procedure) that counts and displays the number of paragraphs and lines in a document.

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   Sub LinesAndParagraphsCount()

      Dim AD As Document
      Dim DP As Object
      Set AD = ActiveDocument
      Set DP = AD.BuiltInDocumentProperties

      ' Method 1 - Returns the number of paragraphs in a document.
      MsgBox "There are " & AD.Paragraphs.Count & " paragraphs."

      ' Method 2 - Returns the number of paragraphs and lines in a
      '            document.
      MsgBox "There are " & DP("Number Of Paragraphs") & " paragraphs."
      MsgBox "There are " & DP("Number Of Lines") & " lines."

      ' Method 3 - Returns the number of selected paragraphs and lines
      '            in a document.
      nParas = Selection.Paragraphs.Count
      nLines = Selection.Range. _
               ComputeStatistics(Statistic:=wdStatisticLines)
      MsgBox "The selection contains " & nParas & " paragraphs."
      MsgBox "The selection contains " & nLines & " lines."

   End Sub

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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