Document.Compatibility Property

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True if the compatibility option specified by the Type argument is enabled. Compatibility options affect how a document is displayed in Microsoft Word. Read/write Boolean.

Syntax

expression.Compatibility(Type)

expression   Required. A variable that represents a Document object.

Parameters

Name Required/Optional Data Type Description
Type Required WdCompatibility The compatibility option.

Remarks

Some of the constants listed above may not be available to you, depending on the language support (U.S. English, for example) that you’ve selected or installed.

Example

This example enables the Suppress Space Before after a hard page or column break option on the Compatibility tab in the Options dialog box (Tools menu) for the active document.

Visual Basic for Applications 
  ActiveDocument.Compatibility(wdSuppressSpBfAfterPgBrk) = True

This example switches the Don't add automatic tab stop for hanging indent option on or off.

Visual Basic for Applications 
  ActiveDocument.Compatibility(wdNoTabHangIndent) = Not _
    ActiveDocument.Compatibility(wdNoTabHangIndent)

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