WD98: BuiltInDocumentProperties Returns Incorrect Page Count

ID: Q181443

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Word 98 Macintosh Edition

SYMPTOMS

When you use a macro to insert page breaks in a document, and then return a page count by using the BuiltInDocumentProperties property, the number of pages returned may be incorrect.

CAUSE

The document needs to be repaginated before you return the number of pages.

WORKAROUND

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To work around this problem, use the Repaginate method to force document repagination before retrieving the BuiltInDocumentProperties(wdPropertyPages) property.

Example:

   Sub GetNumberOfPages()
      ActiveDocument.Repaginate
      MsgBox ActiveDocument.BuiltInDocumentProperties(wdPropertyPages)
   End Sub

STATUS

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

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:

Keywords          : kbdta kbdtacode OffVBA kbmacroexample macword98 
Platform          : MACINTOSH
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbpending

Last Reviewed: April 7, 1999