Cell.ColumnIndex Property (Word)
Returns the number of the table column that contains the specified cell. Read-only Long.
Syntax
expression .ColumnIndex
expression A variable that represents a Cell object.
Example
This example creates a table in a new document, selects each cell in the first row, and returns the column number that contains the selected cell.
Dim docNew As Document
Dim tableNew As Table
Dim cellLoop As Cell
Set docNew = Documents.Add
Set tableNew = docNew.Tables.Add(Selection.Range, 3, 3)
For Each cellLoop In tableNew.Rows(1).Cells
cellLoop.Select
MsgBox "This is column " & cellLoop.ColumnIndex
Next cellLoop
This example returns the column number of the cell that contains the insertion point.
Msgbox Selection.Cells(1).ColumnIndex