WD2000: Recorded Macro Uses Heading Style String Instead of Constant

ID: Q209959

The information in this article applies to:

SYMPTOMS

When you record a macro to use a document style (on the Format menu, click Style), the Styles property is recorded as a string instead of the predefined constant.

For example, if you record choosing the Heading 1 style (on the Format menu, click Style, and view the Styles list), the following Visual Basic for Applications command is recorded:


Selection.Style = ActiveDocument.Styles("Heading 1")

Because this string value may be incompatible with a non-English language version of Word, the correct syntax is to use the predefined constant, as in the following example:

Selection.Style = ActiveDocument.Styles(wdStyleHeading1)


STATUS

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


MORE INFORMATION

For more information about using style property constants in Word, in the Visual Basic Editor, click Microsoft Visual Basic Help on the Help menu, type "Style Property" in the Office Assistant or the Answer Wizard, and then click Search to view the topic.

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REFERENCES

For more information about getting help with Visual Basic for Applications, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q226118 OFF2000: Programming Resources for Visual Basic for Applications

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Keywords          : kbdta kbwordvba wd2000 
Version           : WINDOWS:2000
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbbug

Last Reviewed: May 13, 1999