WD97: Distribute Relative to Page Ignores Landscape Page Setting

• Microsoft Word 97 for Windows

SYMPTOMS

When you attempt to distribute drawing objects horizontally, relative to page, and the page orientation is set to landscape, the drawing objects are distributed calculated on a portrait orientation page width instead of the landscape orientation page width.

WORKAROUND

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After you create the macro, you can assign the macro to a toolbar button or menu item.

   Sub DistributeHoriz()
      Dim iTxtArea As Integer
      Dim iCenters As Integer
      Dim iObjLeft As Integer
      Dim iNumObj As Integer
      ' Get number of selected objects.
      iNumObj = Selection.ShapeRange.Count
      ' If there are no objects selected,
      ' exit this routine.
      If iNumObj = 0 Then Exit Sub
      ' Get area distance between margins.
      With ActiveDocument.PageSetup
         iTxtArea = (.PageWidth - (.LeftMargin + .RightMargin))
      End With
      ' Divide evenly the Text Area between margins
      ' by the number of selected objects. Then
      ' divide by two to get divisional centers.
      iDivisionCenters = (iTxtArea / iNumObj) / 2
      ' Loop number of selected objects to distribute horizontally.
      For i = 1 To iNumObj
         With Selection.ShapeRange(i)
            ' Set each selected object's relative horizontal position
            ' to be relative to margin.
            .RelativeHorizontalPosition =wdRelativeHorizontalPositionMargin
            ' Calculate object placement.
            iObjLeft = ((iTxtArea / iNumObj) * i) - iDivisionCenters
            .Left = iObjLeft - (.Width / 2)
         End With
      Next
   End Sub

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

MORE INFORMATION

You can align two or more drawing objects relative to each other by their left, right, top, or bottom edges or by their centers (vertically) or middles (horizontally).

To align one or more drawing objects relative to each other, follow these steps:

1. Select the drawing objects you want to align.

2. Click Draw on the Drawing toolbar.

3. Point to Align Or Distribute and then click the alignment you want.

To align one or more drawing objects relative to the entire page, follow these steps:

1. Select the drawing objects, click Draw, point to Align Or Distribute, and click Relative To Page.

2. Click Draw again, point to Align Or Distribute, and then click the alignment you want.

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

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