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Q159973: WD97: Macro to Move Insertion Point to Top of Current Page

Article: Q159973
Product(s): Word 97 for Windows
Version(s): WINDOWS:97
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): word8 word97
Last Modified: 13-MAY-2002

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Word 97 for Windows 
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SUMMARY
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In Microsoft Word there is no built-in feature that moves the insertion point to
the top of the current page. However, you can achieve this result by using a
Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications macro.

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The following macro moves the insertion point to the top of the current page
using the built-in "\Page" bookmark.

      Sub GoToTopOfPage()
          Selection.GoTo What:=wdGoToBookmark, Name:="\Page"
          Selection.MoveLeft Unit:=wdCharacter, Count:=1
      End Sub

For more information about adding a command to a menu, click Contents And Index
on the Help menu, click the Index tab in Word Help, type the following text

  " menus " (without the quotation marks)

and then double-click the selected text to go to the "Add a command or other item
to a menu" topic. If you are unable to find the information you need, ask the
Office Assistant.

For additional information, please see the following articles in the Microsoft
Knowledge Base:

  Q166861 WD97: How to Use Built-in (or Predefined) Bookmarks in VBA

  Q173707 OFF97: How to Run Sample Code from Knowledge Base Articles


For information about how to do this in earlier versions of Word, please see the
following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

  Q94977 Macros to Move Insertion Point to Top of Current Page

REFERENCES
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For more information about getting help with Visual Basic for Applications,
please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

  Q163435 VBA: Programming Resources for Visual Basic for Applications

Additional query words: wordcon vb vba vbe

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Keywords          : word8 word97 
Technology        : kbWordSearch kbWord97 kbWord97Search kbZNotKeyword2
Version           : WINDOWS:97
Issue type        : kbhowto

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