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Window.NewWindow method (Word)

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Opens a new window with the same document as the specified window. Returns a Window object.

Syntax

expression.NewWindow

expression Required. A variable that represents a Window object.

Return value

Window

Remarks

A colon (:) and a number appear in the window caption when more than one window is open for a the same document. The following two instructions are functionally equivalent.

Set myWindow = ActiveDocument.ActiveWindow.NewWindow 
Set myWindow = NewWindow

Example

This example posts a message that indicates the number of windows that exist before and after you open a new window for Document1.

MsgBox Windows.Count & " windows open" 
Windows("Document1").NewWindow 
MsgBox Windows.Count & " windows open"

See also

Window Object

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