Finding the section number

[Jan Eliasen]

Hello

I am new to VBA, and I am writing a Word-macro

I need a way to find the section number the cursor is in.

I found the wdActiveEndSectionNumber, but that seems to always return
"2" in my macro. And I need the full number. If I am in section 2.3.1
then I need a string with "2.3.1" in it. Is this possible?

Thanks in advance

 

[Cindy M -WordMVP-]

Hi Jan,

I am new to VBA, and I am writing a Word-macro

I need a way to find the section number the cursor is in.

I found the wdActiveEndSectionNumber, but that seems to always return
"2" in my macro. And I need the full number. If I am in section 2.3.1
then I need a string with "2.3.1" in it. Is this possible?

This may not be 100% reliable, but

ActiveDocument.Bookmarks("\HeadingLevel").range.ListFormat.ListString

This references an internal Word bookmark that picks up the closest
preceding paragraph formatted with a Word Heading style.

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Sep 30 2003)
http://www.mvps.org/word

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[Word Heretic]

G'day Jan Eliasen <[email protected]>,

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Hello

I am new to VBA, and I am writing a Word-macro

I need a way to find the section number the cursor is in.

I found the wdActiveEndSectionNumber, but that seems to always return
"2" in my macro. And I need the full number. If I am in section 2.3.1
then I need a string with "2.3.1" in it. Is this possible?

Thanks in advance

Steve Hudson

Word Heretic, Sydney, Australia
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