Q170969: WD97: Macro to Cascade Open Document Windows

Article: Q170969
Product(s): Word 97 for Windows
Version(s): WINDOWS:97
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Keyword(s): kbcode kbmacro kbProgramming kbui kbdta kbdtacode 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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SUMMARY
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Microsoft Word does not contain a command to cascade all open document windows.
To add this functionality, use the Visual Basic for Applications macro included
in this article. After you create this macro, you can add it to the Window menu
for easy access.

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The following example Visual Basic for Applications macro routine will cascade
all open document windows.

     Sub CascadeWindows()
        Dim iVLap As Integer        'Vertical Window Overlap.
        Dim iHLap As Integer        'Horizontal Window Overlap.
        Dim lngTop As Long          'Cascaded Window Top.
        Dim lngLeft As Long         'Cascaded Window Left.
        Dim lngWidth As Long        'Cascaded Window Width.
        Dim lngHeight As Long       'Cascaded Window Height.
        Dim wDocWindow As Window    'Document Window Object.
        ' If no documents exist, exit this routine.
        If Documents.Count = 0 Then Exit Sub
        'Set document window to normal size.
        ActiveWindow.WindowState = wdWindowStateNormal
        'Calculate window sizes.
        iVLap = 14   'Vertical overlap
        iHLap = 28   'Horizontal overlap
        'Calculate width and height of windows in points.
        lngWidth = Application.UsableWidth - ((Windows.Count - 1) * iHLap)
        lngHeight = Application.UsableHeight - ((Windows.Count - 1) * iVLap)
        ' The following loop cascades the windows by calculating
        ' each document window size and then moves them into position.
        For Each wDocWindow In Windows
           Documents(wDocWindow).Activate
           With ActiveWindow
              .Top = lngTop
              .Left = lngLeft
              .Height = lngHeight
              .Width = lngWidth
           End With
           lngLeft = lngLeft + iHLap
           lngTop = lngTop + iVLap
        Next wDocWindow
     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 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

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Technology        : kbWordSearch kbWord97 kbWord97Search kbZNotKeyword2
Version           : WINDOWS:97
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