Determining if a Text Selection Exists

Written by Allen Wyatt (last updated September 23, 2022)
This tip applies to Word 97, 2000, 2002, and 2003

There are numerous times when you are writing macros when you will need to determine if the user has made a selection. The following VBA code will let you know if a selection has been made. The variable designated to be a flag (InSelection) is first set to False, and then the Type property of the Selection object is used to determine if there is a selection. If so, then InSelection is set to True.

InSelection = False
If Selection.Type = wdSelectionIP Then InSelection = True

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What is 9 + 3?

2021-09-30 02:32:25

Anomander Rake

of just type:

InSelection = (Selection.Type = wdSelectionIP)

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