Range delete also removes leading space?!?

[Ed]

I set a range to encompass one line, which is an entire paragraph by itself.
This line begins with a space. After doing some things, I collapse the
range to the start and MoveStart to the beginning of the document using:
rngFind.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseStart
rngFind.MoveStart Unit:=wdStory, Count:=-1
For debugging, I put in Range.Select - the selected text is exactly what I
want: everything from the first character of the doc to the paragraph mark
just before the original range. The now-set range does not include the
leading space of the original range.

When I delete this second range I have set, the leading space of the
original range is also removed. Is this normal and consistent Word
behavior? Is there a setting that will turn this off? Or a better way to
set the second range?

Ed

 

[Chad DeMeyer]

Ed,

Tools>Options>Edit>Smart cut and paste
is at the root of your problem. When this options is enabled, Word tries to
manage spaces between words when you copy/paste or delete them.

Regards,
Chad

 

[Ed]

Thanks, Chad. It's not that it was necessarily a large problem, but if I
give this macro to someone who doesn't have this set, and then try to do
other things, it could cause large problems. So I need to put in a "check
and see".

Appreciate the boost.
Ed

 

[Jay Freedman]

Hi Ed,

The "nice" way to do this is to save the user's current option, do
what you need, and put back the original option so the user doesn't
get upset:

Dim bOldSmart As Boolean
bOldSmart = Options.SmartCutPaste
Options.SmartCutPaste = False
' do your stuff here
Options.SmartCutPaste = bOldSmart

 

[Ed]

Thanks, Jay! I wouldn't have thought of that. but that's got to be the best
way of ensuring a "clean slate" when others run this.

Ed