Sentences Method
Applies To
TextRange object.
Description
Returns a TextRange object that represents the specified subset of text sentences. For information about counting or looping through the sentences in a text range, see the TextRange object.
Syntax
expression.Sentences(Start, Length)
expression Required. An expression that returns a TextRange object.
Start Optional Long. The first sentence in the returned range.
Length Optional Long. The number of sentences to be returned.
Remarks
If both Start and Length are omitted, the returned range starts with the first sentence and ends with the last paragraph in the specified range.
If Start is specified but Length is omitted, the returned range contains one sentence.
If Length is specified but Start is omitted, the returned range starts with the first sentence in the specified range.
If Start is greater than the number of sentences in the specified text, the returned range starts with the last sentence in the specified range.
If Length is greater than the number of sentences from the specified starting sentence to the end of the text, the returned range contains all those sentences.
See Also
Characters method, Lines method, Paragraphs method, Runs method, Words method.
Example
This example formats as bold the second sentence in the second paragraph in shape two on slide one in the active presentation.
Application.ActivePresentation.Slides(1).Shapes(2).TextFrame _
.TextRange.Paragraphs(2).Sentences(2).Font.Bold = True