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Sections object (Word)

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A collection of Section objects in a selection, range, or document.

Remarks

Use the Sections property to return the Sections collection. The following example inserts text at the end of the last section in the active document.

With ActiveDocument.Sections.Last.Range 
 .Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseEnd 
 .InsertAfter "end of document" 
End With

Use the Add method or the InsertBreak method to add a new section to a document. The following example adds a new section at the beginning of the active document.

Set myRange = ActiveDocument.Range(Start:=0, End:=0) 
ActiveDocument.Sections.Add Range:=myRange 
myRange.InsertParagraphAfter

The following example displays the number of sections in the active document, adds a section break above the first paragraph in the selection, and then displays the number of sections again.

MsgBox ActiveDocument.Sections.Count & " sections" 
Selection.Paragraphs(1).Range.InsertBreak _ 
 Type:=wdSectionBreakContinuous 
MsgBox ActiveDocument.Sections.Count & " sections"

Use Sections (index), where index is the index number, to return a single Section object. The following example changes the left and right page margins for the first section in the active document.

With ActiveDocument.Sections(1).PageSetup 
 .LeftMargin = InchesToPoints(0.5) 
 .RightMargin = InchesToPoints(0.5) 
End With

Methods

Name
Add
Item

Properties

Name
Application
Count
Creator
First
Last
PageSetup
Parent

See also

Word Object Model Reference

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