WD97: Macro to Test for the Last Cell in a Table

• Microsoft Word 97 for Windows

SUMMARY

This article discusses methods that you can use to determine if the insertion point is within the last cell of a Word table.

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The Selection.Move method moves the insertion point to the next cell in the table and assigns the return value to the variable named x. The value 0 (zero) is returned if there is not a next cell in the table.

The function form of the Selection Move method,

   Selection.Move(Unit:=wdCell, Count:=1)

This macro posts a message if the current cell is the last cell in the table. The MsgBox command can be replaced by other commands depending on the purpose of the macro.

   Sub LastCell()
      Dim x As Integer
      If Selection.Information(wdWithInTable) Then
         x = Selection.Move(Unit:=wdCell, Count:=1)
         If x = 0 Then
            MsgBox "Last cell of table."
         End If
      End If
   End Sub

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