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Word sets, and automatically updates, a number of reserved bookmarks. You
can use these predefined bookmarks just as you use the ones that you place
in documents, except that you do not have to set them and they are not
listed on the Go To tab in the Find and Replace dialog box (Edit menu).
NOTE: Predefined Bookmarks cannot be used while your insertion point
is within a Header, Footer, Comment or Footnote. If your macro attempts
to access a PreDefined Bookmark while the insertion point is anywhere
other than the main body of a document, the following error will occur:
Run-time error '5941': The requested member of the collection
does not exist.
You can use predefined bookmarks with the Bookmarks property. The following
example sets the bookmark named "currpara" to the location marked by the
predefined bookmark named "\Para."
ActiveDocument.Bookmarks("\Para").Copy "currpara"
The following example moves the insertion point to the end of the document
using the predefined bookmark "\EndOfDoc":
Selection.GoTo What:=wdGoToBookmark, Name:="\endofdoc"
The following table describes the predefined bookmarks available in Word.
Bookmark Description
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\Sel Current selection or the insertion point.
\PrevSel1 Most recent selection where editing occurred; going to
this bookmark is equivalent to running the GoBack method
once.
\PrevSel2 Second most recent selection where editing occurred;
going to this bookmark is equivalent to running the
GoBack method twice.
\StartOfSel Start of the current selection.
\EndOfSel End of the current selection.
\Line Current line or the first line of the current selection.
If the insertion point is at the end of a line that is
not the last line in the paragraph, the bookmark includes
the entire next line.
\Char Current character, which is the character following the
insertion point if there is no selection, or the first
character of the selection.
\Para Current paragraph, which is the paragraph containing the
insertion point or, if more than one paragraph is
selected,the first paragraph of the selection. Note that
if the insertion point or selection is in the last
paragraph of the document, the "\Para" bookmark does not
include the paragraph mark.
\Section Current section, including the break at the end of the
section, if any. The current section contains the
insertion point or selection. If the selection contains
more than one section, the "\Section" bookmark is the
first section in the selection.
\Doc Entire contents of the active document, with the
exception of the final paragraph mark.
\Page Current page, including the break at the end of the page,
if any. The current page contains the insertion point. If
the current selection contains more than one page, the
"\Page" bookmark is the first page of the selection. Note
that if the insertion point or selection is in the last
page of the document, the "\Page" bookmark does not
include the final paragraph mark.
\StartOfDoc Beginning of the document.
\EndOfDoc End of the document.
\Cell Current cell in a table, which is the cell containing the
insertion point. If one or more cells of a table are
included in the current selection, the "\Cell" bookmark
is the first cell in the selection.
\Table Current table, which is the table containing the
insertion point or selection. If the selection includes
more than one table, the "\Table" bookmark is the entire
first table of the selection, even if the entire table is
not selected.
\HeadingLevel The heading that contains the insertion point or
selection, plus any subordinate headings and text. If the
current selection is body text, the "\HeadingLevel"
bookmark includes the preceding heading, plus any
headings and text subordinate to that heading.
For more information about predefined bookmarks, click the Office Assistant
while in the Visual Basic Editor, type
predefined bookmarks, click
Search, and then click to view "Predefined Bookmarks."
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:
176476 OFF: Office Assistant Not Answering Visual Basic Questions
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