Previous Method Example

This example moves the insertion point into the first cell (the cell in the upper-left corner) of the previous table.

With Application.Browser
    .Target = wdBrowseTable
    .Previous
End With

This example selects the paragraph that precedes the selection in the active document.

Selection.Previous(Unit:=wdParagraph, Count:=1).Select

This example applies bold formatting to the first word in the active document.

ActiveDocument.Words(2) _
    .Previous(Unit:=wdWord, Count:=1).Bold = True