WD98: Macro to Cascade Open Document Windows

ID: Q182786

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Word 98 Macintosh Edition

SUMMARY

Microsoft Word does not contain a command to cascade all open document windows. To add this functionality, use the Visual Basic for Applications macro included in this article. After you create this macro, you can add it to the Window menu for easy access.

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The following example Visual Basic for Applications macro routine will cascade all open document windows.

   Sub CascadeWindows()
      Dim iVLap As Integer        'Vertical Window Overlap.
      Dim iHLap As Integer        'Horizontal Window Overlap.
      Dim lngTop As Long          'Cascaded Window Top.
      Dim lngLeft As Long         'Cascaded Window Left.
      Dim lngWidth As Long        'Cascaded Window Width.
      Dim lngHeight As Long       'Cascaded Window Height.
      Dim wDocWindow As Window    'Document Window Object.
      ' If no documents exist, exit this routine.
      If Documents.Count = 0 Then Exit Sub
      'Set document window to normal size.
      ActiveWindow.WindowState = wdWindowStateNormal
      'Calculate window sizes.
      iVLap = 14   'Vertical overlap
      iHLap = 28   'Horizontal overlap
      'Calculate width and height of windows in points.
      lngWidth = Application.UsableWidth - ((Windows.Count - 1) * iHLap)
      lngHeight = Application.UsableHeight - ((Windows.Count - 1) * iVLap)
      ' The following loop cascades the windows by calculating
      ' each document window size and then moves them into position.
      For Each wDocWindow In Windows
         Documents(wDocWindow).Activate
         With ActiveWindow
            .Top = lngTop
            .Left = lngLeft
            .Height = lngHeight
            .Width = lngWidth
         End With
         lngLeft = lngLeft + iHLap
         lngTop = lngTop + iVLap
      Next wDocWindow
   End Sub

For more information about adding a command to a menu, click Contents And Index on the Help menu (or on the Balloon Help menu if you are using a version of the Macintosh operating system earlier than 8.0), click the Index button in Word Help, type the following text

   menus, commands

and then click Show Topics. Select the "Add a command or other item to a menu" topic, and click Go To. If you are unable to find the information you need, ask the Office Assistant.

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

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Keywords          : kbcode kbprg kbdta kbdtacode OffVBA kbmacroexample macword98 
Version           : MACINTOSH:98
Platform          : MACINTOSH
Hardware          : MAC
Issue type        : kbhowto

Last Reviewed: April 7, 1999