WD2000: Macro to List Custom Tab Stops in a Paragraph

ID: Q212534

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Word 2000

SUMMARY

This article contains a sample Visual Basic for Applications Sub procedure (or macro) that lists the custom tab stops set in a selected paragraph.

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The following sample Visual Basic for Applications macro displays a message box that lists the custom tab stops (if any exist) in a selected paragraph:


   Sub GetCustomTabs()
      Dim sMsg As String
      Dim varTab As Variant
      ' Cycle through tab stops in selected paragraph.
      For Each varTab In Selection.Paragraphs.TabStops
         ' If a custom tab stop is encountered...
         If varTab.CustomTab = True Then
            ' Add to message variable & convert from points to inches.
            sMsg = sMsg & vbCrLf & "   " & _
               PointsToInches(varTab.Position) & Chr(34)
         End If
      Next
      ' If there are custom tabs, display the values.
      If sMsg <> "" Then
         MsgBox "Custom Tabs: " & sMsg
      Else
         ' Else display there are no custom tabs.
         MsgBox "No Custom Tabs."
      End If
   End Sub

For more information about the CustomTab property, in the Visual Basic Editor, click Microsoft Visual Basic Help on the Help menu, type CustomTab property 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, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

ARTICLE-ID: Q163435
TITLE : VBA: Programming Resources for Visual Basic for Applications

Additional query words: vb vba vbe

Keywords : kbdta kbdtacode OffVBA kbmacroexample kbwordvba wd2000
Version : WINDOWS:2000
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbhowto