WD97: InsertBreak Statement Inserts a Carriage Return

ID: Q155983

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Word 97 for Windows

SYMPTOMS

When you run a macro that uses the InsertBreak statement following an Insert statement, Word 97 inserts a paragraph mark after the inserted text. This behavior is different from previous versions of Word.

WORKAROUND

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To work around this problem, add the Type:=0 parameter as in the following sample code:


Sub Test()

    WordBasic.FileNewDefault
    WordBasic.Insert "This is some text"
    WordBasic.InsertBreak Type:=0

End Sub

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

Additional query words: 8.0 word8 word97 winword

Keywords : kbprg kbdta kbdtacode
Version : WINDOWS:97
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbbug