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WD98: Macro to Count Sections in a Document

Article ID: 182788

Article Last Modified on 8/16/2006

Microsoft Word 98 for Macintosh

This article was previously published under Q182788

SUMMARY

This article describes a Visual Basic for Applications macro that returns the total number of sections in a Microsoft Word document.

MORE INFORMATION

Microsoft provides programming examples for illustration only, without warranty either expressed or implied. This includes, but is not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. This article assumes that you are familiar with the programming language that is being demonstrated and with the tools that are used to create and to debug procedures. Microsoft support engineers can help explain the functionality of a particular procedure, but they will not modify these examples to provide added functionality or construct procedures to meet your specific requirements. The following sample Visual Basic for Applications macro returns the total number of sections in the active document:

   Sub CountSections()
      MsgBox ActiveDocument.Sections.Count & " section(s)."
   End Sub

For more information about returning section information, click the Office Assistant while in the Visual Basic Editor, type sections, click Search, and then click to view "Sections Collection Object."

NOTE: If the Assistant is hidden, click the Office Assistant button on the Standard toolbar. If the Assistant is not able to answer your query, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

176476 OFF: Office Assistant Not Answering Visual Basic Questions

For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

181058 OFF98: 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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