WD97: Macro to Determine If Insertion Point Is in a Table

Last reviewed: February 16, 1998
Article ID: Q170724
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Word 97 for Windows

SUMMARY

When you write a macro in Visual Basic for Applications, you may need to know whether the insertion point is positioned within a Word for Windows table.

The sample macro in the "More Information" section of this article display a message box stating whether the insertion point is within a Word for Windows table.

MORE INFORMATION

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This example uses the Visual Basic for Applications "Information" property to determine if the insertion point is within a table.

   Sub IsInTable()
      'Macro to determine if the insertion point is in a Word table
      If Selection.Information(wdWithInTable) Then
         MsgBox "Insertion point is in a Word table"
      Else
         MsgBox "Insertion point is not in a Word table"
      End If
   End Sub

For more information about using the Information property, from the Visual Basic for Applications Editor, click the Office Assistant, type "Information" (without the quotation marks), click Search, and then click to view "Information Property."

NOTE: If the Assistant is hidden, click the Office Assistant button on the Standard toolbar. If Word 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

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

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


Additional query words: offcon wordcon vb vba vbe
Keywords : kbtable word8 word97 kbcode kbmacro kbprg
Version : WINDOWS:97
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbhowto


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Last reviewed: February 16, 1998
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