How to get bookmark text

[Word.user]

I have a bookmark start, I want to get text, and length of that text next to
it.
When I use
Selection.GoTo What:=wdGoToBookmark, Name:="start"
Set bmrange = Selection.Range
MsgBox (bmrange.Text)

The msgbox shows nothing. This is what the bookmark looks like
IBookmark text

I want to retrieve "Bookmark text" and no of words and length of "Bookmark
text"

Thanks in advance

 

[Russ]

Word,
After going and selecting
Msgbox Selection.Text
Or
Without going and selecting
ActiveDocument.Bookmarks("start").Range.Text
ActiveDocument.Bookmarks("start").Range.Words.Count
ActiveDocument.Bookmarks("start").Range.Characters.Count

 

[Helmut Weber]

Hi,

This is what the bookmark looks like
IBookmark text

which is a "placeholder" bookmark
as opposed to an enclosing [bookmark].

The first does not hold any text at all,
though you can assign text to it...

' for a placeholder bookmark
ActiveDocument.Bookmarks("Mark1").Range.Text = "xxx"
MsgBox ActiveDocument.Bookmarks("Mark1").Range.Text ' nothing

see:
http://word.mvps.org/faqs/macrosvba/workwithbookmarkscontent.htm

--
Greetings from Bavaria, Germany

Helmut Weber, MVP WordVBA

Win XP, Office 2003
"red.sys" & Chr$(64) & "t-online.de"

 

[Klaus Linke]

If the empty bookmark is right next to some word, you could get that word
with
ActiveDocument.Bookmarks("Mark").Range.Words(1)

Regards,
Klaus

Hi,

This is what the bookmark looks like
IBookmark text

which is a "placeholder" bookmark
as opposed to an enclosing [bookmark].

The first does not hold any text at all,
though you can assign text to it...

' for a placeholder bookmark
ActiveDocument.Bookmarks("Mark1").Range.Text = "xxx"
MsgBox ActiveDocument.Bookmarks("Mark1").Range.Text ' nothing

see:
http://word.mvps.org/faqs/macrosvba/workwithbookmarkscontent.htm

--
Greetings from Bavaria, Germany

Helmut Weber, MVP WordVBA

Win XP, Office 2003
"red.sys" & Chr$(64) & "t-online.de"

 

[Helmut Weber]

Hi Klaus,

If the empty bookmark is right next to some word,
you could get that word with
ActiveDocument.Bookmarks("Mark").Range.Words(1)

good to know.

Even if the bookmark is within a word,
and also sentences(1), sections(1), paragraphs(1).

One could need it some day.
(Könnte man noch mal brauchen).

What would your translation be?

--
Greetings from Bavaria, Germany

Helmut Weber, MVP WordVBA

Win XP, Office 2003
"red.sys" & Chr$(64) & "t-online.de"

 

[Klaus Linke]

One could need it some day.

(Könnte man noch mal brauchen).

What would your translation be?

Might come in handy? Though my school English isn't any better than yours I
think <g>

Klaus

 

[Word.user]

Hi,
Thanks for your input.

This is what I have:
IStart Bookmark Begins Here

What I want is
[Start Bookmark Begins Here]

 

[Klaus Linke]

Hi,
Thanks for your input.

This is what I have:
IStart Bookmark Begins Here

What I want is
[Start Bookmark Begins Here]

Making use of Helmut's extension, if you want the bookmark to span the
current sentence:

ActiveDocument.Bookmarks.Add _
Name:="start", _
Range:=ActiveDocument.Bookmarks("start").Range.Sentences(1)

or

With ActiveDocument
.Bookmarks.Add _
Name:="Test", _
Range:=.Bookmarks("Test").Range.Paragraphs(1).Range
End With

if it should span the whole paragraph.


In effect, you need to put in a new bookmark with the same name, destroying
the old one in the process.

Greetings,
Klaus