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Style.Description property (Word)

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Returns the description of the specified style. Read-only String.

Syntax

expression.Description

expression A variable that represents a 'Style' object.

Remarks

A typical example of a description for a style might be "Normal + Font: Arial, 12 pt, Bold, Italic, Space Before 12 pt After 3 pt, KeepWithNext, Level 2."

Example

This example creates a new document and inserts a tab-delimited list of the active document's styles and their descriptions.

Dim docActive As Document 
Dim docNew As Document 
Dim styleLoop As Style 
 
Set docActive = ActiveDocument 
Set docNew = Documents.Add 
 
For Each styleLoop In docActive.Styles 
 With docNew.Range 
 .InsertAfter Text:=styleLoop.NameLocal & Chr(9) _ 
 & styleLoop.Description 
 .InsertParagraphAfter 
 End With 
Next styleLoop

See also

Style Object

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