WD98: How to Select the Current Paragraph Using VBA Code

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SUMMARY

This article describes how to select the current paragraph the cursor is in using Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications code.

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In Word 98 Macintosh Edition, the WordBasic programming language was replaced with Visual Basic for Applications. In WordBasic, you used the following code to select the current paragraph: 

   EditGoTo "\para"
To select the current paragraph using Visual Basic for Applications code, you can use one of the following alternative methods.

Method 1: Using the GoTo Method

You can use the GoTo method of the Selection object to select the current paragraph, as in the following Visual Basic statement: 

   Selection.GoTo What:=wdGoToBookmark, Name:="\para"

Method 2: Using the StartOf and MoveEnd Methods

You can use the StartOf and MoveEnd methods of the Selection object to select from the beginning to the end of the paragraph, as in the following Visual Basic statements: 

   Selection.StartOf Unit:=wdParagraph
   Selection.MoveEnd Unit:=wdParagraph

Method 3: Using the Select Method

If you know the number of the paragraph you want to select, you can use the following statement: 

   Selection.Paragraphs(n).Range.Select
where n is the number of the paragraph you want to select. For example, the following statement selects the third paragraph in the document: 

   Selection.Paragraphs(3).Range.Select
For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: 

   ARTICLE-ID: Q181058
   TITLE     : OFF98: How to Run Sample Code from Knowledge Base Articles

REFERENCES

For more information about getting help with Visual Basic for Applications, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: 

   ARTICLE-ID: Q163435
   TITLE     : VBA: Programming Resources for Visual Basic for
               Applications
Additional query words: wordcon vb vba vbe 
Keywords          : kbdtacode OffVBA kbmacroexample macword98 
Version           : MACINTOSH:98
Platform          : MACINTOSH
Hardware          : MAC
Issue type        : kbhowto

Last Reviewed: April 6, 1999