Width Property

Applies To

Application object, Cell object, Cells collection object, Column object, Columns collection object, CustomLabel object, Frame object, InlineShape object, Shape object, ShapeRange collection object, Task object, TextColumn object, TextColumns collection object, TextInput object, Window object.

Description

Returns or sets the width of the specified object, in points. Read/write Long.

See Also

DistributeWidth method, Height property, HeightRule property, Left property, Resize method, SetWidth method, Spacing property, Top property, WidthRule property.

Example

This example creates a 5x5 table in a new document and then sets the width of the first cell to 1.5 inches.

Set newDoc = Documents.Add
Set myTable = newDoc.Tables.Add(Range:=Selection.Range, NumRows:=5, _
    NumColumns:=5)
myTable.Cell(1, 1).Width = InchesToPoints(1.5)

This example returns the width (in inches) of the cell that contains the insertion point.

If Selection.Information(wdWithInTable) = True Then
    MsgBox PointsToInches(Selection.Cells(1).Width)
End If

This example formats the section that includes the selection as three columns. The For Each...Next loop is used to display the width of each column in the TextColumns collection.

Selection.PageSetup.TextColumns.SetCount NumColumns:=3
For Each acol In Selection.PageSetup.TextColumns
    MsgBox "Width= " & PointsToInches(acol.Width)
Next acol

This example sets the width and height of the Word application window.

With Application
    .WindowState = wdWindowStateNormal
    .Width = 500
    .Height = 400
End With