StoryLength Property

Applies To

Range object, Selection object.

Description

Returns the number of characters in the story that contains the specified range or selection. Read-only Long.

See Also

End property, Start property, StoryType property.

Example

This example determines whether the header in the active document is empty. If the header story isn't empty, a message box displays the contents of the header. If the document header is empty, StoryLength returns 1 for the final paragraph mark.

Set myRange = ActiveDocument.Sections(1) _
    .Headers(wdHeaderFooterPrimary).Range
If myRange.StoryLength > 1 Then MsgBox myRange.Text

This example closes the document without saving changes if it's empty.

If ActiveDocument.Content.StoryLength = 1 Then _
    ActiveDocument.Close SaveChanges:=wdDoNotSaveChanges