Style.Description Property

Word Developer Reference

Returns the description of the specified style. Read-only String.

Syntax

expression.Description

expression   A variable that represents a Style object.

Remarks

A typical example of a descirption for a style might be "Normal + Font: Arial, 12 pt, Bold, Italic, Space Before 12 pt After 3 pt, KeepWithNext, Level 2."

Example

This example creates a new document and inserts a tab-delimited list of the active document's styles and their descriptions.

Visual Basic for Applications
  Dim docActive As Document
Dim docNew As Document
Dim styleLoop As Style

Set docActive = ActiveDocument Set docNew = Documents.Add

For Each styleLoop In docActive.Styles With docNew.Range .InsertAfter Text:=styleLoop.NameLocal & Chr(9) _ & styleLoop.Description .InsertParagraphAfter End With Next styleLoop

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