This topic includes Visual Basic examples for the following tasks:
Changing the view
The View object includes properties and methods related to view attributes (show all, field shading, table gridlines, and so on) for a window or pane. The following example changes the view to print view.
ActiveDocument.ActiveWindow.View.Type = wdPrintView
Setting text in a header or footer
The HeaderFooter object is returned by the Headers, Footers and HeaderFooter properties. The following example changes the text of current page header.
ActiveDocument.ActiveWindow.View.SeekView = wdSeekCurrentPageHeader
Selection.HeaderFooter.Range.Text = "Header text"
This example creates a Range object (oRange
) that references the primary footer for the first section in the active document. After the Range object is set, the existing footer text is deleted. The FILENAME field is added to the footer along with two tabs and the AUTHOR field.
Set oRange = ActiveDocument.Sections(1) _
.Footers(wdHeaderFooterPrimary).Range
With oRange
.Delete
.Fields.Add Range:=oRange, Type:=wdFieldFileName, Text:="\p"
.InsertAfter Text:=vbTab & vbTab
.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseStart
.Fields.Add Range:=oRange, Type:=wdFieldAuthor
End With
Setting options
The Options object includes properties that correspond to items in the Options dialog box (Tools menu). The following example sets three application options for Word.
With Options
.AllowDragAndDrop = True
.ConfirmConversions = False
.MeasurementUnit = wdPoints
End With
Changing the document layout
The PageSetup contains all the page setup attributes of a document (left margin, bottom margin, paper size, and so on) as properties. The following example sets the margin values for the active document.
With ActiveDocument.PageSetup
.LeftMargin = InchesToPoints(0.75)
.RightMargin = InchesToPoints(0.75)
.TopMargin = InchesToPoints(1.5)
.BottomMargin = InchesToPoints(1)
End With
Looping through paragraphs in a document
This example loops through all of the paragraphs in the active document. If the space before setting for a paragraph is 6 points, this example changes the spacing to 12 points.
For Each aPara In ActiveDocument.Paragraphs
If aPara.SpaceBefore = 6 Then oPara.SpaceBefore = 12
Next aPara
For more information, see Looping through a collection.
Customizing menus and toolbars
The CommandBar object represents both menus and toolbars. Use the CommandBars property with a menu or toolbar name to return a single CommandBar object. The Controls property returns a CommandBarControls object that refers to the items on the specified command bar. The following example adds the Word Count command to the Tools menu.
CustomizationContext = NormalTemplate
CommandBars("Tools").Controls.Add _
Type:=msoControlButton, ID:=792, Before:=6
The following example adds the Double Underline command to the Formatting toolbar.
CustomizationContext = NormalTemplate
CommandBars("Formatting").Controls.Add _
Type:=msoControlButton, ID:=60, Before:=7
Turn on the macro recorder and customize a menu or toolbar to determine the ID value for a particular command (for example, ID 60 is the Double Underline command).