WD98: Macro to Count Number of Document Paragraphs and Lines

ID: Q181442

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Word 98 Macintosh Edition

SUMMARY

This article contains a sample Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications macro (Sub procedure) that counts and displays the number of paragraphs and lines in a document.

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There are several methods that you can use to return the number of paragraphs in a document using Visual Basic for Applications properties and collections.

   Sub LinesAndParagraphsCount()

      Dim AD As Document
      Dim DP As Object
      Set AD = ActiveDocument
      Set DP = AD.BuiltInDocumentProperties

      ' Method 1 - Returns the number of paragraphs in a document.
      MsgBox "There are " & AD.Paragraphs.Count & " paragraphs."

      ' Method 2 - Returns the number of paragraphs and lines in a
      '            document.
      MsgBox "There are " & DP("Number Of Paragraphs") & " paragraphs."
      MsgBox "There are " & DP("Number Of Lines") & " lines."

      ' Method 3 - Returns the number of selected paragraphs and lines
      '            in a document.
      nParas = Selection.Paragraphs.Count
      nLines = Selection.Range. _
               ComputeStatistics(Statistic:=wdStatisticLines)
      MsgBox "The selection contains " & nParas & " paragraphs."
      MsgBox "The selection contains " & nLines & " lines."

   End Sub

For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q173707
   TITLE     : OFF97: 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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Last Reviewed: April 7, 1999