Selection.Shrink Method

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Shrinks the selection to the next smaller unit of text.

Syntax

expression.Shrink

expression   A variable that represents a Selection object.

Remarks

The unit progression for this method is as follows: entire document, section, paragraph, sentence, word, insertion point.

Example

This example collapses the selected text to the next smaller unit of text.

Visual Basic for Applications 
  If Selection.Type = wdSelectionNormal Then
    Selection.Shrink
Else
    MsgBox "You need to select some text."
End If

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