Word.Selection.Information.md

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Selection.Information property (Word)	vbawd10.chm158663057	vbawd10.chm158663057	Word.Selection.Information	73028751-6339-47e6-9629-9584cc4c59ec	06/08/2017	medium

Selection.Information property (Word)

Returns information about the specified selection. Read-only Variant.

Syntax

expression. Information( _Type_ )

expression Required. A variable that represents a Selection object.

Parameters

Name	Required/Optional	Data type	Description
Type	Required	WdInformation	The information type.

Example

This example displays the current page number and the total number of pages in the active document.

MsgBox "The selection is on page " & _ 
 Selection.Information(wdActiveEndPageNumber) & " of page " _ 
 & Selection.Information(wdNumberOfPagesInDocument)

If the selection is in a table, this example selects the table.

If Selection.Information(wdWithInTable) Then _ 
 Selection.Tables(1).Select

This example displays a message that indicates the current section number.

Selection.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseStart 
MsgBox "The insertion point is in section " & _ 
 Selection.Information(wdActiveEndSectionNumber)

See also

• Selection object

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