WD2000: Macro to Cascade Open Document Windows

ID: Q209202

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Word 2000

SUMMARY

Microsoft Word does not contain a command to cascade all open document windows. To add this functionality, use the Visual Basic for Applications macro included in this article. After you create this macro, you can add it to the Window menu for easy access.

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The following example Visual Basic for Applications macro routine will cascade all open Single Document Interface (SDI) windows.


Sub CascadeWindows()

   Dim iVLap As Integer        'Vertical Window Overlap.
   Dim iHLap As Integer        'Horizontal Window Overlap.
   Dim lngTop As Long          'Cascaded Window Top.
   Dim lngLeft As Long         'Cascaded Window Left.
   Dim lngWidth As Long        'Cascaded Window Width.
   Dim lngHeight As Long       'Cascaded Window Height.
   Dim wDocWindow As Window    'Document Window Object.

   ' If no documents exist, exit this routine.
   If Documents.Count = 0 Then Exit Sub

   'Set document window to normal size.
   ActiveWindow.WindowState = wdWindowStateNormal

   'Calculate window sizes.
   iVLap = 14   'Vertical overlap
   iHLap = 28   'Horizontal overlap

   'Calculate width and height of windows in points.
   lngWidth = Application.UsableWidth - ((Windows.Count - 1) * iHLap)
   lngHeight = Application.UsableHeight - ((Windows.Count - 1) * iVLap)

   ' The following loop cascades the windows by calculating
   ' each document window size and then moves them into position.
   For Each wDocWindow In Windows
      Documents(wDocWindow).Activate
      With ActiveWindow
         .Top = lngTop
         .Left = lngLeft
         .Height = lngHeight
         .Width = lngWidth
      End With
      lngLeft = lngLeft + iHLap
      lngTop = lngTop + iVLap
   Next wDocWindow

End Sub

For more information about adding a command to a menu, click Microsoft Word Help on the Help menu, type Add a command or other item to a menu in the Office Assistant or the Answer Wizard, and then click Search to view the topic.

For more information about using the sample code in this article, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q212536 OFF2000: How to Run Sample Code from Knowledge Base Articles

REFERENCES

For additional information about getting help with Visual Basic for Applications, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q212623 WD2000: Macro Programming Resources

Q226118 OFF2000: Programming Resources for Visual Basic for Applications

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Version : WINDOWS:2000
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbhowto