TextFrame.ContainingRange property (Word)

Returns a Range object that represents the entire story in a series of shapes with linked text frames that the specified text frame belongs to. Read-only.

Syntax

expression. ContainingRange

expression A variable that represents a TextFrame object.

Example

This example checks the spelling in TextBox 1 and any other text in text frames that are linked to TextBox 1.

Dim rngStory As Range 
 
Set rngStory = ActiveDocument.Shapes("TextBox 1") _ 
 .TextFrame.ContainingRange 
 
rngStory.CheckSpelling

See also

TextFrame Object

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