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WD98: Command to Display Version Number of Word

Article ID: 182099

Article Last Modified on 8/21/2007

Microsoft Word 98 for Macintosh

This article was previously published under Q182099

SUMMARY

In Microsoft Word, you can use the Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications Application.Version command to return the installed version of Word.

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The following Microsoft Visual Basic code will return the version number of Word:

   Sub GetVersion()
      MsgBox Application.Version
   End Sub

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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