WD97: Determining the Current Page and Section Number

• Microsoft Word 97 for Windows

SUMMARY

In Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications, you can use the Information property, with the appropriate Type, to return information about the current selection. For example, you can determine the current page and section number for the insertion point or the selected text.

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   Public Sub rPageSectionNumber()
      Dim sCurPage As String
      Dim sCurSection as String
      ' Obtain page number.
      sCurPage = Selection.Information(wdActiveEndPageNumber)
      ' Obtain section number.
      sCurSection = Selection.Information(wdActiveEndSectionNumber)
      ' Display results.
      MsgBox "Page " & sCurPage & ": " & "Section " & sCurSection 
   End Sub

NOTE: If the Assistant is hidden, click the Office Assistant button on the Standard toolbar. If Microsoft Visual Basic Help is not installed on your computer, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q120802
   TITLE     : Office: How to Add/Remove a Single Office
               Program or Component

   ARTICLE-ID: Q173707
   TITLE     : OFF97: How to Run Sample Code from Knowledge Base Articles

   ARTICLE-ID: Q81791
   TITLE     : WD: Determining the Current Page and Section Number w/ 
               WordBasic

REFERENCES

For more information about getting help with Visual Basic for Applications, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q163435
   TITLE     : VBA: Programming Resources for Visual Basic for 
               Applications