_Global Members

Contains top-level properties and methods.

The following tables list the members exposed by the _Global type.

Public Properties

	Name	Description
	ActiveDocument	Returns a Document object that represents the active document (the document with the focus). If there are no documents open, an error occurs.
	ActivePrinter	Returns or sets the name of the active printer.
	ActiveWindow	Returns a Window object that represents the active window (the window with the focus).
	AddIns	Returns a AddIns collection that represents all available add-ins, regardless of whether they're currently loaded.
	AnswerWizard	Returns a Microsoft.Office.Core.AnswerWizard object that contains the files used by the online Help search engine.
	Application	Returns a _Application object that represents the Microsoft Word application.
	Assistant	Returns a Microsoft.Office.Core.Assistant object that represents the Microsoft Office Assistant.
	AutoCaptions	Returns a AutoCaptions collection that represents the captions that are automatically added when items such as tables and pictures are inserted into a document.
	AutoCorrect	Returns a AutoCorrect object that contains the current AutoCorrect options, entries, and exceptions.
	AutoCorrectEmail	Returns a AutoCorrect object that represents automatic corrections made to e-mail messages.
	CaptionLabels	Returns a CaptionLabels collection that represents all the available caption labels.
	CommandBars	Returns a Microsoft.Office.Core.CommandBars collection that represents the menu bar and all the toolbars in Microsoft Word.
	Creator	Returns a 32-bit integer that indicates the application in which the specified object was created.
	CustomDictionaries	Returns a Dictionaries object that represents the collection of active custom dictionaries. Active custom dictionaries are marked with a check in the Custom Dictionaries dialog box.
	CustomizationContext	Returns or sets a Template or Document object that represents the template or document in which changes to menu bars, toolbars, and key bindings are stored.
	Dialogs	Returns a Dialogs collection that represents all the built-in dialog boxes in Microsoft Word.
	Documents	Returns a Documents collection that represents all the open documents.
	FileConverters	Returns a FileConverters collection that represents all the file converters available to Microsoft Word.
	FindKey	Returns a KeyBinding object that represents the specified key combination.
	FontNames	Returns a FontNames object that includes the names of all the available fonts.
	HangulHanjaDictionaries	Returns a HangulHanjaConversionDictionaries collection that represents all the active custom conversion dictionaries.
	IsObjectValid	Determines if the specified variable that references an object is valid.
	KeyBindings	Returns a KeyBindings collection that represents customized key assignments, which include a key code, a key category, and a command.
	KeysBoundTo	Returns a KeysBoundTo object that represents all the key combinations assigned to the specified item.
	LandscapeFontNames	Returns a FontNames object that includes the names of all the available landscape fonts.
	Languages	Returns a Languages collection that represents the proofing languages listed in the Language dialog box.
	LanguageSettings	Returns a Microsoft.Office.Core.LanguageSettings object, which contains information about the language settings in Microsoft Word.
	ListGalleries	Returns a ListGalleries collection that represents the three list template galleries: Bulleted, Numbered, and Outline Numbered.
	MacroContainer	Returns a Template or Document object that represents the template or document in which the module that contains the running procedure is stored.
	Name	Returns or sets the name of the specified object.
	NormalTemplate	Returns a Template object that represents the Normal template.
	Options	Returns an Options object that represents application settings in Microsoft Word.
	Parent	Returns an object that represents the parent object of the specified object.
	PortraitFontNames	Returns a FontNames object that includes the names of all the available portrait fonts.
	PrintPreview	Determines if print preview is the current view.
	RecentFiles	Returns a RecentFiles collection that represents the most recently accessed files.
	Selection	Returns the Selection object that represents a selected range or the insertion point.
	ShowVisualBasicEditor	Determines if the Visual Basic Editor window is visible.
	StatusBar	Displays the specified text in the status bar.
	SynonymInfo	Returns a SynonymInfo object that contains information from the thesaurus on synonyms, antonyms, or related words and expressions for the specified word or phrase.
	System	Returns a System object, which can be used to return system-related information and perform system-related tasks.
	Tasks	Returns a Tasks collection that represents all the applications that are running.
	Templates	Returns a Templates collection that represents all the available templates — global templates as well as those attached to open documents.
	VBE	Returns a VBE object that represents the Visual Basic Editor.
	Windows	Returns a Windows collection that represents all document windows. The collection corresponds to the window names that appear at the bottom of the Window menu.
	WordBasic	Returns an Automation object (Word.Basic) that includes methods for all the WordBasic statements and functions available in Microsoft Word version 6.0 and Word for Windows 95.

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Public Methods

	Name	Description
	BuildKeyCode	Returns a unique number for the specified key combination.
	CentimetersToPoints	Converts a measurement from centimeters to points (1 cm = 28.35 points).
	ChangeFileOpenDirectory	Sets the folder in which Microsoft Word searches for documents.
	CheckSpelling	Checks a string for spelling errors.
	CleanString	Removes nonprinting characters (character codes 1 – 29) and special Microsoft Word characters from the specified string or changes them to spaces (character code 32).
	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.
	GetSpellingSuggestions	Returns a SpellingSuggestions collection that represents the words suggested as spelling replacements for a given word.
	Help	Displays on-line Help information.
	InchesToPoints	Converts a measurement from inches to points (1 inch = 72 points).
	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).
	MillimetersToPoints	Converts a measurement from millimeters to points (1 mm = 2.85 points).
	NewWindow	Opens a new window with the same document as the specified window.
	PicasToPoints	Converts a measurement from picas to points (1 pica = 12 points).
	PixelsToPoints	Converts a measurement from pixels to points.
	PointsToCentimeters	Converts a measurement from points to centimeters (1 centimeter = 28.35 points).
	PointsToInches	Converts a measurement from points to inches (1 inch = 72 points).
	PointsToLines	Converts a measurement from points to lines (1 line = 12 points).
	PointsToMillimeters	Converts a measurement from points to millimeters (1 millimeter = 2.835 points).
	PointsToPicas	Converts a measurement from points to picas (1 pica = 12 points).
	PointsToPixels	Converts a measurement from points to pixels.
	Repeat	Repeats the most recent editing action one or more times.

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See Also

Reference

_Global Interface
Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word Namespace