View Object Members (Word)

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09/24/2015

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Contains the view attributes (such as show all, field shading, and table gridlines) for a window or pane.

Methods

Name	Description
CollapseAllHeadings	Collapses all the headings in the document.
CollapseOutline	Collapses the text under the selection or the specified range by one heading level.
ExpandAllHeadings	Expands all the headings in the document.
ExpandOutline	Expands the text under the selection by one heading level.
ForceLowresUpdate
ForceOffscreenUpdate
NextHeaderFooter	Moves to the next header or footer, depending on whether a header or footer is displayed in the view.
PreviousHeaderFooter	Moves to the previous header or footer, depending on whether a header or footer is displayed in the view.
ShowAllHeadings	Switches between showing all text (headings and body text) and showing only headings.
ShowHeading	Shows all headings up to the specified heading level and hides subordinate headings and body text.
Name	Description

Properties

Name	Description
Application	Returns an Application object that represents the Microsoft Word application.
ColumnWidth	Returns or gets a constant that determines the column width in reading mode. Read-write WdColumnWidth
ConflictMode	True if the document is in conflict mode view. Read/write.
Creator	Returns a 32-bit integer that indicates the application in which the specified object was created. Read-only Long.
DisplayBackgrounds	Returns or sets a Boolean that represents whether background colors and images are shown when a document is displayed in print layout view. .
DisplayPageBoundaries	True to display the top and bottom margins (white space) and the gray area (gray space) between pages in a document. Read/write Boolean.
Draft	True if all the text in a window is displayed in the same sans-serif font with minimal formatting to speed up display. Read/write Boolean.
FieldShading	Returns or sets on-screen shading for fields. Read/write WdFieldShading.
FullScreen	True if the window is in full-screen view. Read/write Boolean.
Magnifier	True if the pointer is displayed as a magnifying glass in print preview, indicating that the user can click to zoom in on a particular area of the page or zoom out to see an entire page or spread of pages. Read/write Boolean.
MailMergeDataView	True if mail merge data is displayed instead of mail merge fields in the specified window. Read/write Boolean.
MarkupMode	Returns or sets a WdRevisionsMode constant that represents the display mode for tracked changes. Read/write.
PageColor	Returns and sets the page color in Reading mode. Read-write WdPageColor.
Panning	Returns or sets a Boolean that represents whether Microsoft Word is in Panning mode. Read/write.
Parent	Returns an Object that represents the parent object of the specified View object.
ReadingLayout	Sets or returns a Boolean that represents whether a document is being viewed in reading layout view. .
ReadingLayoutActualView	Sets or returns a Boolean that represents whether pages displayed in reading layout view are displayed using the same layout as printed pages.
ReadingLayoutTruncateMargins	Returns or sets a WdReadingLayoutMargin constant that represents whether margins are visible or hidden when a document is viewed in Full Screen Reading view. Read/write.
RevisionsBalloonShowConnectingLines	True for Microsoft Word to display connecting lines from the text to the revision and comment balloons. Read/write Boolean.
RevisionsBalloonSide	Sets or returns a WdRevisionsBalloonMargin constant that specifies whether Word displays revision balloons in the left or right margin in a document.
RevisionsBalloonWidth	Sets or returns a Single representing the global setting in Microsoft Word that specifies the width of the revision balloons. Read/write.
RevisionsBalloonWidthType	Sets or returns a WdRevisionsBalloonWidthType constant representing the global setting that specifies how Microsoft Word measures the width of revision balloons. Read/write.
RevisionsFilter	Returns an instance of a RevisionsFilter object. Read-only.
SeekView	Returns or sets the document element displayed in print layout view. Read/write WdSeekView.
ShadeEditableRanges	Returns or sets a Long that represents whether shading is applied to the ranges in a document for which users have permission to modify. .
ShowAll	True if all nonprinting characters (such as hidden text, tab marks, space marks, and paragraph marks) are displayed. Read/write Boolean.
ShowBookmarks	True if square brackets are displayed at the beginning and end of each bookmark. Read/write Boolean.
ShowComments	True for Microsoft Word to display the comments in a document. Read/write Boolean.
ShowCropMarks	Returns or sets a Boolean that represents whether to show crop marks in the corners of pages to indicate where margins are located. Read/write.
ShowDrawings	True if objects created with the drawing tools are displayed in print layout view. Read/write Boolean.
ShowFieldCodes	True if field codes are displayed. Read/write Boolean.
ShowFirstLineOnly	True if only the first line of body text is shown in outline view. Read/write Boolean.
ShowFormat	True if character formatting is visible in outline view. Read/write Boolean.
ShowFormatChanges	True for Microsoft Word to display formatting changes made to a document with Track Changes enabled. Read/write Boolean.
ShowHiddenText	True if text formatted as hidden text is displayed. Read/write Boolean.
ShowHighlight	True if highlight formatting is displayed and printed with a document. Read/write Boolean.
ShowHyphens	True if optional hyphens are displayed. An optional hyphen indicates where to break a word when it falls at the end of a line. Read/write Boolean.
ShowInkAnnotations	Returns or sets Boolean that shows or hides handwritten ink annotations. True displays ink annotations. False hides ink annotations.
ShowInsertionsAndDeletions	True for Microsoft Word to display insertions and deletions that were made to a document with Track Changes enabled. Read/write Boolean.
ShowMainTextLayer	True if the text in the specified document is visible when the header and footer areas are displayed. This property is equivalent to the Show/Hide Document Text button on the Header and Footer toolbar. Read/write Boolean.
ShowMarkupAreaHighlight	Returns or sets a Boolean that represents whether the markup area that shows revision and comment balloons is shaded. Read/write.
ShowObjectAnchors	True if object anchors are displayed next to items that can be positioned in print layout view. Read/write Boolean.
ShowOptionalBreaks	True if Microsoft Word displays optional line breaks. Read/write Boolean.
ShowOtherAuthors	True if other authors' presence should be visible in the document. Read/write Boolean.
ShowParagraphs	True if paragraph marks are displayed. Read/write Boolean.
ShowPicturePlaceHolders	True if blank boxes are displayed as placeholders for pictures. Read/write Boolean.
ShowRevisionsAndComments	True for Microsoft Word to display revisions and comments that were made to a document with Track Changes enabled. Read/write Boolean.
ShowSpaces	True if space characters are displayed. Read/write Boolean.
ShowTabs	True if tab characters are displayed. Read/write Boolean.
ShowTextBoundaries	True if dotted lines are displayed around page margins, text columns, objects, and frames in print layout view. Read/write Boolean.
ShowXMLMarkup	Returns a Long that represents whether XML tags are visible in a document.
SplitSpecial	Returns or sets the active window pane. Read/write WdSpecialPane.
TableGridlines	True if table gridlines are displayed. Read/write Boolean.
Type	Returns or sets the view type. Read/write WdViewType.
WrapToWindow	True if lines wrap at the right edge of the document window rather than at the right margin or the right column boundary. Read/write Boolean.
Zoom	Returns a Zoom object that represents the magnification for the specified view.

View Object Members (Word)

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