WD: FilePageSetup Macro Changes Section Properties

ID: Q122997

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Word for Windows, versions 6.0, 6.0a, 6.0c
Microsoft Word for Windows NT, version 6.0
Microsoft Word for Windows 95, versions 7.0, 7.0a
Microsoft Word for the Macintosh, versions 6.0, 6.0.1

SYMPTOMS

If you run a WordBasic macro that changes the page size for a section of your document, you may unintentionally change the margins and section break properties for the entire document.

This problem occurs when the FilePageSetup command includes the .ApplyPropsTo argument. When you run the macro, Word incorrectly changes the margins and the section break properties for the entire document to reflect the properties of the section where your insertion point was located when you ran the macro.

For example, you have the following attributes set for a document with four sections, and your insertion point is in the last section:

    Section #1 - New Page section break, 2" left margin
    Section #2 - Continuous section break, 1.5" left margin
    Section #3 - Odd Page section break, 1" left margin
    Section #4 - Even Page section break, 0.5" left margin

When you run the following macro to change the page size, all sections are changed to Even Page section breaks, and your margins are set to .5 inch for all pages:

    Sub MAIN
       FilePageSetup .PageWidth = "8.5" + Chr$(34), .PageHeight = \ 
       "11" + Chr$(34), .ApplyPropsTo = 4
    End Sub

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the versions of Word listed above. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

MORE INFORMATION

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Additional query words: change section properties filepagesetup

Keywords          : kbmacro kbprg kbdtacode kbmacroexample winword macword word6 word7 word95 word 
Version           : WINDOWS:6.0,6.0a,6.0c,7.0,7.0a; MACINTOSH:6.0,6.0.1,6.0.1a
Platform          : MACINTOSH WINDOWS
Issue type        : kbbug

Last Reviewed: April 9, 1999