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Q165928: WD97: Range.Text Length Includes "End Of Cell" for Table Cell

Article: Q165928
Product(s): Word 97 for Windows
Version(s): WINDOWS:97
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbProgramming kbusage kbdta kbdtacode kbmacroexample word8 kbwordvba 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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SYMPTOMS
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When your Visual Basic for Applications macro returns the number of characters
within a range of a table cell, if that range includes the entire cell, the
number of characters returned is one more than expected.

CAUSE
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By design, the End of Cell Mark (ASCII character number 7) is returned as part
of the text when the cell range is set to include the entire cell. Using the
Range.Text property includes the paragraph mark and the end of cell mark (ASCII
13 and ASCII 7) and returns them as a pair.

WORKAROUND
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To return the number of characters within a range of a table cell, excluding the
end of cell mark, use one of the following methods.

  NOTE: Each method includes an example of a Visual Basic for Applications
  macro that:

  1. Sets a range object to an existing table.

  2. Collapses the range to the start of the range (the first cell in the table).

  3. Expands the range to equal the first cell of the table and returns the number
  of characters within the range.

Method 1: Subtract 1 from the Return Value
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You can simply subtract 1 from the returned value to exclude the end of cell mark
from your character count. This method still includes any paragraph marks within
the range of text:

     Sub RangeExpandCell()
        Dim oTableR As Object
        ' Set a range equal to the first table in the active document.
        Set oTableR = ActiveDocument.Tables(1).Range
        ' Collapse the range to the start of the table.
        oTableR.Collapse wdCollapseStart
        ' Return the length of text in cell A1 of the table.
        MsgBox Len(ActiveDocument.Tables(1).Cell(1, 1).Range.Text)-1
     End Sub

Method 2: Use the Expand Method
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The Expand method excludes the end of cell mark but includes any paragraph marks
within the range of text.

     Sub RangeExpandCell()
        Dim oTableR As Object
        ' Set a range equal to the first table in the active document.
        Set oTableR = ActiveDocument.Tables(1).Range
        ' Collapse the range to the start of the table.
        oTableR.Collapse wdCollapseStart
        MsgBox oTableR.Expand(wdCell)
     End Sub

For more information about Expand Method, from the Visual Basic Editor, click the
Office Assistant, type "Expand Method" (without the quotation marks), click
Search, and then click to view "Expand Method."

NOTE: If the Assistant is hidden, click the Office Assistant button on the
Standard toolbar. If the Assistant is not able to answer your query, please see
the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

  Q176476 OFF: Office Assistant Not Answering Visual Basic Questions

MORE INFORMATION
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For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft
Knowledge Base:

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


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 mark

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Keywords          : kbProgramming kbusage kbdta kbdtacode kbmacroexample word8 kbwordvba word97 
Technology        : kbWordSearch kbWord97 kbWord97Search kbZNotKeyword2
Version           : WINDOWS:97
Issue type        : kbprb
Solution Type     : kbnofix

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