WD97: Macro to Count Sections in a Document (170891)

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   Sub CountSections()
      MsgBox ActiveDocument.Sections.Count & " section(s)."
   End Sub
				

For more information about returning section information, click the Office Assistant while in the Visual Basic Editor, type sections, click Search, and then click to view "Sections Collection Object."

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