WD97: Sample Macro Code to Select Table Columns and Rows

Last reviewed: February 11, 1998
Article ID: Q170733
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Word 97 for Windows

SUMMARY

The Microsoft Word Visual Basic for Applications macro language provides commands for selecting columns or rows in Word for Windows tables.

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The following Visual Basic for Applications examples demonstrate selecting columns or rows in a Microsoft Word for Windows table.

   Selecting Columns
   -----------------

   This example selects the second column in the first table of a document.

      ActiveDocument.Tables(1).Columns(2).Select

   Selecting Rows
   --------------

   This example selects the second row in the first table of a document.

      ActiveDocument.Tables(1).Rows(2).Select

For more information about working with the Tables Collection object, while in the Visual Basic for Applications Editor, click the Office Assistant, type "Tables Collection" (without the quotation marks), click Search, and then click to view "Tables Collection Object."

NOTE: If the Assistant is hidden, click the Office Assistant button on the Standard toolbar. If Microsoft Visual Basic Help is not installed on your computer, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q120802
   TITLE     : Office: How to Add/Remove a Single Office
               Program or Component


Additional query words: 8.0 8.0 offcon wordcon vba vbe vb
Keywords : kbwordvba kbcode kbmacro kbprg
Version : WINDOWS:97
Platform : WINDOWS


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Last reviewed: February 11, 1998
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