WD98: Paragraph Mark Not in Selection.MoveRight(wdSentence)

ID: Q183309

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Word 98 Macintosh Edition

SYMPTOMS

When you use the Visual Basic for Applications Selection property to return text from a sentence, the paragraph mark is not included. By contrast, when you use the Sentences collection to return text of a sentence, the paragraph mark is included.

CAUSE

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The following macro demonstrates this behavior. The first message box will display 0 (zero) indicating that no paragraph mark is contained within the selection. The second message box will display 12 indicating that a paragraph mark is found within the selection whose position within the selection is the twelfth character.

   Sub SentencesCollection()
      ActiveDocument.Range.Text = "Sentence 1." & vbCr & "Sentence 2."
      Selection.MoveRight wdSentence, 1, wdExtend
      MsgBox InStr(1, Selection, vbCr)
      MsgBox InStr(1, Selection.Sentences(1), vbCr)
   End Sub

STATUS

Microsoft is researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

MORE INFORMATION

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          : kbdta kbdtacode OffVBA kbmacroexample macword98 
Version           : MACINTOSH:98
Platform          : MACINTOSH
Issue type        : kbprb

Last Reviewed: April 7, 1999