Activate Method

Applies To

Application object, Document object, InlineShape object, OLEFormat object, Pane object, Shape object, ShapeRange collection object, Task object, Window object.

Description

Activates the specified object.

Syntax 1

expression.Activate(Wait)

Syntax 2

expression.Activate

expression Required. An expression that returns a Task object (Syntax 1) or another object in the Applies To list (Syntax 2).

Wait Optional Boolean. Task object only. True to immediately activate the task, even if Word isn't active. False to not activate the task until the user has activated Word.

See Also

ActivateAs method, Active property, ActiveDocument property, ActivePane property, ActivePrinter property, ActiveWindow property, Arrange method, Select method, SendWindowMessage method, WindowState property.

Example

This example activates the document named "Sales.doc."

Documents("Sales.doc").Activate

This example activates the next window in the Windows collection.

ActiveWindow.Next.Activate

This example activates the Notepad application if Notepad is in the Tasks collection.

For Each myTask In Tasks
    If InStr(myTask.Name, "Notepad") > 0 Then
        myTask.Activate
        myTask.WindowState = wdWindowStateNormal
    End If
Next myTask

This example splits the active window and then activates the first pane.

With ActiveWindow
    .SplitVertical = 50
    .Panes(1).Activate
End With