Application Methods (Word)

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03/05/2016

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Methods

Name	Description
Activate	Activates the specified object.
AddAddress	Adds an entry to the address book. Each entry has values for one or more tag IDs.
AutomaticChange	Performs an AutoFormat action when there is a change suggested by the Office Assistant. If no AutoFormat action is active, this method generates an error.
BuildKeyCode	Returns a unique number for the specified key combination.
CentimetersToPoints	Converts a measurement from centimeters to points (1 cm = 28.35 points). Returns the converted measurement as a Single.
ChangeFileOpenDirectory	Sets the folder in which Word searches for documents.
CheckGrammar	Checks a string for grammatical errors. Returns a Boolean to indicate whether the string contains grammatical errors. True if the string contains no errors.
CheckSpelling	Checks a string for spelling errors. Returns a Boolean to indicate whether the string contains spelling errors. True if the string has no spelling errors.
CleanString	Removes nonprinting characters (character codes 1 ? 29) and special Word characters from the specified string or changes them to spaces (character code 32). Returns the result as a String.
CompareDocuments	Compares two documents and returns a Document object that represents the document that contains the differences between the two documents, marked using tracked changes.
DDEExecute	Sends a command or series of commands to an application through the specified dynamic data exchange (DDE) channel.
DDEInitiate	Opens a dynamic data exchange (DDE) channel to another application, and returns the channel number.
DDEPoke	Uses an open dynamic data exchange (DDE) channel to send data to an application.
DDERequest	Uses an open dynamic data exchange (DDE) channel to request information from the receiving application, and returns the information as a String.
DDETerminate	Closes the specified dynamic data exchange (DDE) channel to another application.
DDETerminateAll	Closes all dynamic data exchange (DDE) channels opened by Microsoft Word.
DefaultWebOptions	Returns the DefaultWebOptions object that contains global application-level attributes used by Microsoft Word whenever you save a document as a Web page or open a Web page.
GetAddress	Returns an address from the default address book.
GetDefaultTheme	Returns a String that represents the name of the default theme plus the theme formatting options Microsoft Word uses for new documents, e-mail messages, or Web pages.
GetSpellingSuggestions	Returns a SpellingSuggestions collection that represents the words suggested as spelling replacements for a given word.
GoBack	Moves the insertion point among the last three locations where editing occurred in the active document (the same as pressing SHIFT+F5).
GoForward	Moves the insertion point forward among the last three locations where editing occurred in the active document.
Help	Displays installed Help information.
HelpTool
InchesToPoints	Converts a measurement from inches to points (1 inch = 72 points). Returns the converted measurement as a Single.
Keyboard	Returns or sets the keyboard language and layout settings.
KeyboardBidi	Sets the keyboard language to a right-to-left language and the text entry direction to right-to-left.
KeyboardLatin	Sets the keyboard language to a left-to-right language and the text entry direction to left-to-right.
KeyString	Returns the key combination string for the specified keys (for example, CTRL+SHIFT+A).
LinesToPoints	Converts a measurement from lines to points (1 line = 12 points). Returns the converted measurement as a Single.
ListCommands	Creates a new document and then inserts a table of Word commands along with their associated shortcut keys and menu assignments.
LoadMasterList	Loads a bibliography source file.
LookupNameProperties	Looks up a name in the global address book list and displays the Properties dialog box, which includes information about the specified name.
MergeDocuments	Compares two documents and returns a Document object that represents the document that contains the differences between the two documents, marked using tracked changes.
MillimetersToPoints	Converts a measurement from millimeters to points (1 mm = 2.85 points). Returns the converted measurement as a Single.
Move	Positions a task window or the active document window.
NewWindow	Opens a new window with the same document as the specified window. Returns a Window object.
NextLetter	You have requested Help for a Visual Basic keyword used only on the Macintosh. For information about the NextLetter method of the Application object, consult the language reference Help included with Microsoft Office Macintosh Edition.
OnTime	Starts a background timer that runs a macro at a specified time.
OrganizerCopy	Copies the specified AutoText entry, toolbar, style, or macro project item from the source document or template to the destination document or template.
OrganizerDelete	Deletes the specified style, AutoText entry, toolbar, or macro project item from a document or template.
OrganizerRename	Renames the specified style, AutoText entry, toolbar, or macro project item in a document or template.
PicasToPoints	Converts a measurement from picas to points (1 pica = 12 points). Returns the converted measurement as a Single.
PixelsToPoints	Converts a measurement from pixels to points. Returns the converted measurement as a Single.
PointsToCentimeters	Converts a measurement from points to centimeters (1 centimeter = 28.35 points). Returns the converted measurement as a Single.
PointsToInches	Converts a measurement from points to inches (1 inch = 72 points). Returns the converted measurement as a Single.
PointsToLines	Converts a measurement from points to lines (1 line = 12 points). Returns the converted measurement as a Single.
PointsToMillimeters	Converts a measurement from points to millimeters (1 millimeter = 2.835 points). Returns the converted measurement as a Single.
PointsToPicas	Converts a measurement from points to picas (1 pica = 12 points). Returns the converted measurement as a Single.
PointsToPixels	Converts a measurement from points to pixels. Returns the converted measurement as a Single.
PrintOut	Prints all or part of the specified document.
ProductCode	Returns the Microsoft Word globally unique identifier (GUID) as a String.
PutFocusInMailHeader	Places the insertion point in the To line of the mail header if the document in the active window is an e-mail document.
Quit	Quits Microsoft Word and optionally saves or routes the open documents.
Repeat	Repeats the most recent editing action one or more times. Returns True if the commands were repeated successfully.
ResetIgnoreAll	Clears the list of words that were previously ignored during a spelling check.
Resize	Sizes the Word application window or the specified task window.
Run	Runs a Visual Basic macro.
ScreenRefresh	Updates the display on the monitor with the current information in the video memory buffer.
SetDefaultTheme	Sets a default theme for Microsoft Word to use with new documents, e-mail messages, or Web pages.
ShowClipboard	Displays the Clipboard task pane.
ShowMe
SubstituteFont	Sets font-mapping options.
ToggleKeyboard	Switches the keyboard language setting between right-to-left and left-to-right languages.

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