Name Property
Returns or sets the name of the specified object.
Read/write String for the following objects: AutoCorrectEntry, AutoTextEntry, ColorFormat, CustomLabel, EmailSignatureEntry, Font, FormField, ListEntry, ListTemplate, Shape, ShapeRange, and TableOfAuthoritiesCategory; read-only String for all other objects in the Applies To list.
expression.Name
expression Required. An expression that returns one of the objects in the Applies To list.
Example
This example adds a document variable to the active document and then displays the name of the first document variable.
ActiveDocument.Variables.Add Name:="Temp", Value:="1"
MsgBox ActiveDocument.Variables(1).Name
This example returns the name of the first bookmark in Hello.doc.
abook = Documents("Hello.doc").Bookmarks(1).Name
This example displays the names of the form fields in the active document.
If ActiveDocument.FormFields.Count >= 1 Then
For Each FF In ActiveDocument.FormFields
FFNames = FFNames & FF.Name & vbCr
Next FF
MsgBox FFNames
End If
This example formats the selection as Arial bold.
With Selection.Font
.Name = "Arial"
.Bold = True
End With
This example sets the name of the first list template used in the active document to "myList." A LISTNUM field (linked to the myList template) is then added at the insertion point. The field adopts the formatting of the myList template.
If ActiveDocument.ListTemplates.Count >= 1 Then
ActiveDocument.ListTemplates(1).Name = "myList"
Selection.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseEnd
ActiveDocument.Fields.Add Range:=Selection.Range, _
Type:=wdFieldListNum, Text:="myList"
End If
Applies to | AddIn Object | Application Object | AutoCaption Object | AutoCorrectEntry Object | AutoTextEntry Object | Bookmark Object | CaptionLabel Object | ColorFormat Object | CustomLabel Object | CustomProperty Object | Dictionary Object | Document Object | Editor Object | EmailSignatureEntry Object | FileConverter Object | FirstLetterException Object | Font Object | FormField Object | Global Object | HangulAndAlphabetException Object | Hyperlink Object | Language Object | ListEntry Object | ListTemplate Object | MailMergeDataField Object | MailMergeDataSource Object | MailMergeFieldName Object | MappedDataField Object | OtherCorrectionsException Object | ReadabilityStatistic Object | RecentFile Object | Shape Object | ShapeRange Collection Object | SmartTag Object | SmartTagAction Object | SmartTagType Object | SpellingSuggestion Object | StyleSheet Object | Subdocument Object | TableOfAuthoritiesCategory Object | Task Object | Template Object | TwoInitialCapsException Object | Variable Object
See Also | FontNames Property | FullName Property | NameAscii Property | NameBi Property | NameFarEast Property | NameLocal Property | NameOther Property | Path Property | PathSeparator Property | UserName Property