ViewType Property

Applies To

TextRetrievalMode object.

Description

Returns or sets the view for the TextRetrievalMode object. Can be one of the following WdViewType constants: wdMasterView, wdNormalView, wdOnlineView, wdOutlineView, wdPageView, or wdPrintPreview. Read/write Long.

Remarks

Changing the view for the TextRetrievalMode object doesn't change the display of a document on the screen. Instead, it determines what characters in the document will be included when a range is retrieved.

See Also

TextRetrievalMode object, View object.

Example

This example sets the view for text retrieval to outline view and then displays the contents of the active document in a dialog box. Note that only the text displayed in outline view is retrieved.

Set myText = ActiveDocument.Content
myText.TextRetrievalMode.ViewType = wdOutlineView
Msgbox myText