WD98: StoryRanges Does Not Return Text Box Text in Header/Footer

ID: Q183648

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Word 98 Macintosh Edition

SYMPTOMS

You can use the Visual Basic for Applications StoryRanges collection to return text from all parts of a document including text boxes. However, attempting to return text from a text box located in a header or footer does not return the text as expected.

The following macro demonstrates this behavior if your document contains a Text box within a header of footer:

   Sub ForEntireDocument()
      Dim oDoc As Document
      Dim oStory As Range
      For Each oStory In ActiveDocument.StoryRanges
         MsgBox oStory.Text
      Next
   End Sub

WORKAROUND

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The following sample Visual Basic for Applications routine can be used to return text from a text box found in a header or footer. The example loops through every section, header and text box of the active document. The routine looks for text boxes existing only in the primary header of each section. If a text box is found, a message is displayed with the contents of the text box.

   Sub GetTextBoxTextInHeader()
      Dim sSection As Section
      Dim hHeader As HeaderFooter
      Dim shpShape As Shape
      ' Loop through each section in the document.
      For Each sSection In ActiveDocument.Sections
         ' Loop through each header in each section.
         For Each hHeader In sSection.Headers
            ' If the header is the Primary header.
            If hHeader.Index = wdHeaderFooterPrimary Then
               ' Loop through each Shape object in the header.
               For Each shpShape In hHeader.Shapes
                  ' If the shapetype is a text box.
                  If shpShape.Type = msoTextBox Then
                     ' Display the text in each textbox found.
                     MsgBox shpShape.TextFrame.TextRange.Text
                  End If
               Next
            End If
         Next
      Next
   End Sub

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

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 OffVBA kbmacroexample macword98 
Version           : MACINTOSH:98
Platform          : MACINTOSH
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbpending

Last Reviewed: April 7, 1999