WD2000: Sample Macro to Retrieve Page Number of Currently Viewed Page and Insertion Point

ID: Q235897

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Word 2000

SUMMARY

This article provides a sample Visual Basic for Applications macro that retrieves the page number of the page currently being viewed, as well as the page number where the insertion point is located.

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The following sample Visual Basic for Applications macro retrieves the page number of the currently viewed page and the page where the insertion point is located.


   Sub ShowViewPageNo()
      ActiveDocument.Repaginate
      varTotalPages = Selection.Information(wdNumberOfPagesInDocument)
      varVertScrollPercent = ActiveDocument.ActiveWindow _
         .VerticalPercentScrolled
      varViewPage = Int((varVertScrollPercent / 100) * varTotalPages) + 1
      varIPPage = Selection.Information(wdActiveEndPageNumber)
      MsgBox "Your insertion point is on page [" & varIPPage & "]." + _
         "You are looking at page [" & varViewPage & "].""
   End Sub

Additional query words: vba

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