WD97: Macro to Move Insertion Point to Top of Current Page

Last reviewed: March 19, 1998
Article ID: Q159973

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Word 97 for Windows

SUMMARY

In Microsoft Word there is no built-in feature that moves the insertion point to the top of the current page. However, you can achieve this result by using a Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications macro.

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The following macro moves the insertion point to the top of the current page using the built-in "\Page" bookmark.

    Sub GoToTopOfPage()
        Selection.GoTo What:=wdGoToBookmark, Name:="\Page"
        Selection.MoveLeft Unit:=wdCharacter, Count:=1
    End Sub

For more information about adding a command to a menu, click Contents And Index on the Help menu, click the Index tab in Word Help, type the following text

   menus

and then double-click the selected text to go to the "Add a command or other item to a menu" topic. If you are unable to find the information you need, ask the Office Assistant.

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

   ARTICLE-ID: Q166861
   TITLE     : WD97: How to Use Built-in (or Predefined) Bookmarks in VBA

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

For information about how to do this in earlier versions of Word, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q94977
   TITLE     : Macros to Move Insertion Point to Top of Current Page

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

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Version : 97
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Last reviewed: March 19, 1998
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