KB182094 - WD98: Character Format Functions Ignore Leading, Trailing Spaces

Article ID: 182094

Article Last Modified on 7/13/2007

Microsoft Word 98 for Macintosh

This article was previously published under Q182094

SYMPTOMS

In Microsoft Word, the following character formatting functions ignore leading and trailing spaces when they evaluate a string:

    x = Selection.Font.Hidden
    x = Selection.Font.Bold
    x = Selection.Font.Italic
    x = Selection.Font.Underline

For example, if the text in a selection is formatted as hidden, but the spaces at the beginning or end of the selection are not formatted as hidden, the Hidden function returns -1 (True). This indicates that the entire selection is hidden, even though there are unhidden spaces at the beginning or end of the selection.

CAUSE

This functionality is consistent with the functionality of other features in Word, such as the Format Font dialog box and Formatting toolbar. All these Word features disregard trailing and leading spaces when they evaluate a selection.

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

Additional query words: wordcon font hidden bold italic italics underline underscore underlining italicize bolding hiding hide selection beginning ending vb vbe vba

Keywords: kbdtacode kbfont kbformat kbnofix kbprb KB182094