StoryType Property

Applies To

Bookmark object, Range object, Selection object.

Description

Returns the story type for the specified range, selection, or bookmark. Can be one of the following WdStoryType constants: wdCommentsStory, wdEndnotesStory, wdEvenPagesFooterStory, wdEvenPagesHeaderStory, wdFirstPageFooterStory, wdFirstPageHeaderStory, wdFootnotesStory, wdMainTextStory, wdPrimaryFooterStory, wdPrimaryHeaderStory, or wdTextFrameStory. Read-only Long.

See Also

InRange method, InStory method, IsEqual method, NextStoryRange property, StoryLength property, StoryRanges property, WholeStory method.

Example

This example returns the story type of the selection.

story = Selection.StoryType

This example closes the footnote pane if the selection is contained in the footnote story.

ActiveWindow.View.Type = wdNormalView
If Selection.StoryType = wdFootnotesStory Then _
    ActiveWindow.ActivePane.Close

This example selects the bookmark named "temp" if the bookmark is contained in the main story in the active document.

If ActiveDocument.Bookmarks.Exists("temp") = True Then
    Set myBookmark = ActiveDocument.Bookmarks("temp")
    If myBookmark.StoryType = wdMainTextStory Then myBookmark.Select
End If