Window Object Members

Represents a window. Many document characteristics, such as scroll bars and rulers, are actually properties of the window.

Methods

Name

Description

Activate

Activates the specified window.

Close

Closes the specified window.

GetPoint

Returns the screen coordinates of the specified range or shape.

LargeScroll

Scrolls a window or pane by the specified number of screens.

NewWindow

Opens a new window with the same document as the specified window. Returns a Window object.

PageScroll

Scrolls through the specified pane or window page by page.

PrintOut

Prints all or part of the document displayed in the specified window.

RangeFromPoint

Returns the Range or Shape object that is located at the point specified by the screen position coordinate pair.

ScrollIntoView

Scrolls through the document window so the specified range or shape is displayed in the document window.

SetFocus

Sets the focus of the specified document window to the body of an e-mail message.

SmallScroll

Scrolls a window or pane by the specified number of lines.

ToggleRibbon

Shows or hides the ribbon.

ToggleShowAllReviewers

Shows or hides all comments in a document that contains comments and tracked changes.

Properties

Name

Description

Active

True if the specified window is active. Read-only Boolean.

ActivePane

Returns a Pane object that represents the active pane for the specified window. Read-only.

Application

Returns an Application object that represents the Microsoft OfficeWord application.

Caption

Returns or sets the caption text for the window that is displayed in the title bar of the document or application window. Read/write String.

Creator

Returns a 32-bit integer that indicates the application in which the specified object was created. Read-only Long.

DisplayHorizontalScrollBar

True if a horizontal scroll bar is displayed for the specified window. Read/write Boolean.

DisplayLeftScrollBar

True if the vertical scroll bar appears on the left side of the document window. Read/write Boolean.

DisplayRightRuler

True if the vertical ruler appears on the right side of the document window in print layout view. Read/write Boolean.

DisplayRulers

True if rulers are displayed for the specified window or pane. Read/write Boolean.

DisplayScreenTips

True if comments, footnotes, endnotes, and hyperlinks are displayed as tips. Read/write Boolean.

DisplayVerticalRuler

True if a vertical ruler is displayed for the specified window or pane. Read/write Boolean.

DisplayVerticalScrollBar

True if a vertical scroll bar is displayed for the specified window. Read/write Boolean.

Document

Returns a Document object associated with the specified pane, window, or selection. Read-only.

DocumentMap

True if the document map is visible. Read/write Boolean.

EnvelopeVisible

True if the e-mail message header is visible in the document window. The default value is False. Read/write Boolean.

Height

Returns or sets the height of the window. Read/write Long.

HorizontalPercentScrolled

Returns or sets the horizontal scroll position as a percentage of the document width. Read/write Long.

IMEMode

Returns or sets the default start-up mode for the Japanese Input Method Editor (IME). Read/write WdIMEMode.

Index

Returns a Long that represents the position of an item in a collection. Read-only.

Left

Returns or sets a Long that represents the horizontal position of the specified window, measured in points. Read/write.

Next

Returns the next document window in the collection of open document windows. Read-only.

Panes

Returns a Panes collection that represents all the window panes for the specified window.

Parent

Returns an Object that represents the parent object of the specified Window object.

Previous

Returns the previous document window in the collection open document windows. Read-only.

Selection

Returns the Selection object that represents a selected range or the insertion point. Read-only.

ShowSourceDocuments

Returns or sets a WdShowSourceDocuments constant that represents how Microsoft Word displays source documents after a compare and merge process. Read/write.

Split

True if the window is split into multiple panes. Read/write Boolean.

SplitVertical

Returns or sets the vertical split percentage for the specified window. Read/write Long.

StyleAreaWidth

Returns or sets the width of the style area in points. Read/write Single.

Thumbnails

Sets or returns a Boolean that represents whether thumbnail images of the pages in a document are displayed along the left side of the Microsoft Word document window.

Top

Returns or sets the vertical position of the specified document window, in points. Read/write Long.

Type

Returns the window type. Read-only WdWindowType.

UsableHeight

Returns the height (in points) of the active working area in the specified document window. Read-only Long. .

UsableWidth

Returns the width (in points) of the active working area in the specified document window. Read-only Long.

VerticalPercentScrolled

Returns or sets the vertical scroll position as a percentage of the document length. Read/write Long.

View

Returns a View object that represents the view for the specified window or pane.

Visible

True if the specified object is visible. Read/write Boolean.

Width

Returns or sets the width of the specified document window, in points. Read/write Long.

WindowNumber

Returns the window number of the document displayed in the specified window. For example, if the caption of the window is "Sales.doc:2", this property returns the number 2. Read-only Long.

WindowState

Returns or sets the state of the specified document window or task window. Read/write WdWindowState.