WD: WordBasic Macro to Count Number of Rows in a TableLast reviewed: February 2, 1998Article ID: Q82085 |
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SUMMARYThere is no automatic feature in Microsoft Word to return the number of records in a table; however, you can create a simple macro to display this information on the status bar.
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http://www.microsoft.com/supportnet/refguide/The WordBasic function SelInfo allows you to display the number of rows within a table. The syntax for the SelInfo function is as follows:
n=SelInfo(Type)For this example, "Type" is set to "15" (without the quotation marks). Type 15 is the value used to return the number of rows in a table. For more information on SelInfo, refer to pages 277-278 of "Using WordBasic," by WexTech Systems and Microsoft. To create a macro to display the number of rows within a table, follow these steps:
For information about how to do this in Word 97, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
ARTICLE-ID: Q159029 TITLE : Word 97: Macro to Count Number of Rows in a Table REFERENCES"Using WordBasic," by WexTech Systems and Microsoft, pages 277-278
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