WD98: Determining the Current Page and Section Number

ID: Q182177

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Word 98 Macintosh Edition

SUMMARY

In Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications, you can use the Information property, with the appropriate Type, to return information about the current selection. For example, you can determine the current page and section number for the insertion point or the selected text.

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The following Visual Basic for Applications code demonstrates the use of the Information property to return the current page and section number for the current selection in a document.

   Public Sub rPageSectionNumber()
      Dim sCurPage As String
      Dim sCurSection as String
      'Obtain page number.
      sCurPage = Selection.Information(wdActiveEndPageNumber)
      'Obtain section number.
      sCurSection = Selection.Information(wdActiveEndSectionNumber)
      'Display results.
      MsgBox "Page " & sCurPage & ": " & "Section " & sCurSection
   End Sub

REFERENCES

For more information about the Information property, while in the Visual Basic for Applications Editor, click the Office Assistant, type "Information," click Search, and then click to view "Information Property."

NOTE: If the Assistant is hidden, click the Office Assistant button on the Standard toolbar. If the Assistant is not able to answer your query, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q179216
   TITLE     : OFF98: How to Use the Microsoft Office Installer Program

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

For information about how to determine the current page and section number in earlier versions of Word, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q81791
   TITLE     : WD: Determining the Current Page and Section Number w/ 
               WordBasic

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
Hardware          : MAC
Issue type        : kbhowto

Last Reviewed: April 7, 1999