MoveStart Method

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Moves the start position of the specified range or selection. This method returns an integer that indicates the number of units by which the start position or the range or selection actually moved, or it returns 0 (zero) if the move was unsuccessful.

Syntax

expression.MoveStart(Unit, Count)

expression   Required. An expression that returns a Range or Selection object.

Unit   Optional Variant. The unit by which start position of the specified range or selection is to be moved. Can be one of the following WdUnits constants: wdCharacter, wdWord, wdSentence, wdParagraph, wdSection, wdStory, wdCell, wdColumn, wdRow, or wdTable. If expression returns a Selection object, you can also use wdLine. The default value is wdCharacter.

Count   Optional Variant. The maximum number of units by which the specified range or selection is to be moved. If Count is a positive number, the start position of the range or selection is moved forward in the document. If it's a negative number, the start position is moved backward. If the start position is moved forward to a position beyond the end position, the range or selection is collapsed and both the start and end positions are moved together. The default value is 1.