Obtaining the Width of a _Table_

[Fred Holmes]

Word 2003, Win XP

The following code very nicely gets the width of a cell/column in a
table.

If Selection.Information(wdWithInTable) = True Then
MsgBox "The Width of the Cell is " & _
PointsToInches(Selection.Cells(1).Width) & " inches."
End If

But if I want to get the width of the whole table

Selection.Tables(1).Width

does not work and returns an "method or data member not found" error
message. Similarly, the following does not work.

Selection.Rows(1).Width

I know I could find the table/row width using a loop that would get
and add the width of each of the columns in the table, but is there a
direct way to get the width of a table/row.

Thanks,

Fred Holmes

 

[Jezebel]

Did you try scrolling through the object's properties to see what's there?
For a table, the value is called .PreferredWidth.

 

[Fred Holmes]

Yes, but I don't think "preferred width" is the same as actual
measured width (on the printed page). I've found that setting that
property, both for the table and for individual columns, yields
"unexpected results." And I've seen some derogatory comments about
that properties dialog in some books I've read, which is why I'm
trying to do it with VBA code instead of using that dialog.

Fred Holmes

 

[Jezebel]

Which properties dialog are you referring to?

I meant the object's properties as listed in VBA using Intellisense; or the
object browser. PreferredWidth is normally the actual width on the printed
page.