Selection Properties
Office 2010
The Selection type exposes the following members.
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Active | Determines if the selection in the specified window or pane is active. |
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Application | Returns a _Application object that represents the Microsoft Word application. |
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BookmarkID | Returns the number of the bookmark that encloses the beginning of the specified selection or 0 (zero) if there's no corresponding bookmark. |
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Bookmarks | Returns a Bookmarks collection that represents all the bookmarks in a selection. |
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Borders | Returns a Borders collection that represents all the borders for the specified object. |
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Cells | Returns a Cells collection that represents the table cells in a selection. |
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Characters | Returns a Characters collection that represents the characters in a selection. |
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ChildShapeRange | Returns a ShapeRange object representing the child shapes of a selection. |
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Columns | Returns a Columns collection that represents all the table columns in the selection. |
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ColumnSelectMode | Determines if column selection mode is active. |
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Comments | Returns a Comments collection that represents all the comments in the specified selection. |
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ContentControls | Returns a ContentControls collection that represents the content controls contained within a range. Read-only. |
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Creator | Returns a 32-bit integer that indicates the application in which the specified object was created. |
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Document | Returns a Document object associated with the specified selection. |
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Editors | Returns a Editors object that represents all the users authorized to modify a selection within a document. |
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End | Returns or sets the ending character position of a selection. |
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EndnoteOptions | Returns a EndnoteOptions object that represents the endnotes in a selection. |
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Endnotes | Returns a Endnotes collection that represents all the endnotes in a selection. |
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EnhMetaFileBits | Returns an Object that represents a picture representation of how a selection of text appears. |
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ExtendMode | Determines if Extend mode is active. |
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Fields | Returns a read-only Fields collection that represents all the fields in the selection. |
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Find | Returns a Find object that contains the criteria for a find operation. |
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FitTextWidth | Returns or sets the width (in the current measurement units) in which Microsoft Word fits the text in the current selection. |
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Flags | Returns or sets properties of the selection. |
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Font | Returns or sets a Font object that represents the character formatting of the specified object. |
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FootnoteOptions | Returns a FootnoteOptions object that represents the footnote properties in a selection. |
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Footnotes | Returns a Footnotes collection that represents all the footnotes in a selection. |
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FormattedText | Returns or sets a Range object that includes the formatted text in the specified selection. |
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FormFields | Returns a FormFields collection that represents all the form fields in the selection. |
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Frames | Returns a Frames collection that represents all the frames in a selection. |
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HasChildShapeRange | Determines if the selection contains child shapes. |
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HeaderFooter | Returns a HeaderFooter object for the specified selection. |
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HTMLDivisions | Returns a HTMLDivisions object that represents an HTML division in a Web document. |
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Hyperlinks | Returns a Hyperlinks collection that represents all the hyperlinks in the specified selection. |
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Information | Returns information about the specified selection or range. |
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InlineShapes | Returns a InlineShapes collection that represents all the InlineShape objects in a selection. |
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IPAtEndOfLine | Determines if the insertion point is at the end of a line that wraps to the next line. |
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IsEndOfRowMark | Determines if the specified selection is collapsed and is located at the end-of-row mark in a table. |
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LanguageDetected | Returns or sets a value that specifies whether Microsoft Word has detected the language of the specified text. |
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LanguageID | Returns or sets the language for the specified object. |
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LanguageIDFarEast | Returns or sets an East Asian language for the specified object. |
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LanguageIDOther | Returns or sets the language for the specified object. |
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NoProofing | Determines if the spelling and grammar checker ignores the specified text. |
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OMaths | Returns an OMaths collection that represents the OMath objects within the current selection. Read-only. |
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Orientation | Returns or sets the orientation of text in a selection when the Text Direction feature is enabled. |
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PageSetup | Returns a PageSetup object that's associated with the specified selection. |
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ParagraphFormat | Returns or sets a ParagraphFormat object that represents the paragraph settings for the specified selection. |
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Paragraphs | Returns a Paragraphs collection that represents all the paragraphs in the specified selection. |
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Parent | Returns an object that represents the parent object of the specified object. |
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ParentContentControl | Returns a ContentControl object that represents the parent content control for the specified range. Read-only. |
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PreviousBookmarkID | Returns the number of the last bookmark that starts before or at the same place as the specified selection or returns 0 (zero) if there's no corresponding bookmark. |
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Range | Returns a Range object that represents the portion of a document that's contained in the specified object. |
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Rows | Returns a Rows collection that represents all the table rows in a selection. |
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Sections | Returns a Sections collection that represents the sections in the specified selection. |
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Sentences | Returns a Sentences collection that represents all the sentences in the selection. |
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Shading | Returns a Shading object that refers to the shading formatting for the specified object. |
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ShapeRange | Returns a ShapeRange collection that represents all the Shape objects in the specified range or selection. |
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SmartTags | Returns a SmartTags object that represents a smart tag in a document. |
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Start | Returns or sets the starting character position of a selection. |
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StartIsActive | Determines if the beginning of the selection is active. |
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StoryLength | Returns the number of characters in the story that contains the specified selection. |
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StoryType | Returns the story type for the specified selection. |
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Style | Returns or sets the style for the specified object. |
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Tables | Returns a Tables collection that represents all the tables in the specified selection. |
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Text | Returns or sets the text in the specified selection. |
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TopLevelTables | Returns a Tables collection that represents the tables at the outermost nesting level in the current selection. |
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Type | Returns the selection type. |
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WordOpenXML | Returns a String that represents the XML contained within the selection in the Microsoft Office Word Open XML format. Read-only. |
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Words | Returns a Words collection that represents all the words in a selection. |
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XML | Returns a String that represents the XML text in the specified object. |
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XMLNodes | Returns a XMLNodes collection that represents the collection of all XML elements in a selection — including those elements that are only partially within the selection. |
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XMLParentNode | Returns a XMLNode object that represents the parent node of a selection. |