Paragraphs Collection Object

Description

A collection of Paragraph objects in a selection, range, or document.

Using the Paragraphs Collection

Use the Paragraphs property to return the Paragraphs collection. The following example formats the selected paragraphs to be double-spaced and right-aligned.

With Selection.Paragraphs
    .Alignment = wdAlignParagraphRight
    .LineSpacingRule = wdLineSpaceDouble
End With
Use the Add, InsertParagraph, InsertParagraphAfter, or InsertParagraphBefore method to add a new paragraph to a document. The following example adds a new paragraph before the first paragraph in the selection.

Selection.Paragraphs.Add Range:=Selection.Paragraphs(1).Range
The following example also adds a paragraph before the first paragraph in the selection.

Selection.Paragraphs(1).Range.InsertParagraphBefore
Use Paragraphs(index), where index is the index number, to return a single Paragraph object. The following example right aligns the first paragraph in the active document.

ActiveDocument.Paragraphs(1).Alignment = wdAlignParagraphRight
Remarks

The Count property for this collection in a document returns the number of items in the main story only. To count items in other stories use the collection with the Range object.

Properties

Alignment property, Application property, Borders property, Count property, Creator property, First property, FirstLineIndent property, Format property, Hyphenation property, KeepTogether property, KeepWithNext property, Last property, LeftIndent property, LineSpacing property, LineSpacingRule property, NoLineNumber property, OutlineLevel property, PageBreakBefore property, Parent property, RightIndent property, Shading property, SpaceAfter property, SpaceBefore property, Style property, TabStops property, WidowControl property.

Methods

Add method (Paragraphs collection), CloseUp method, Indent method, Item method, OpenOrCloseUp method, OpenUp method, Outdent method, OutlineDemote method, OutlineDemoteToBody method, OutlinePromote method, Reset method, Space1 method, Space15 method, Space2 method, TabHangingIndent method, TabIndent method.

See Also

ParagraphFormat object.