WD98: Macros to Move to Beginning, End of Paragraph (183303)

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Macro to Move Insertion Point to the Beginning of a Paragraph

NOTE: If the insertion point is already at the beginning of the paragraph, it is not moved.

   Sub BeginningParagraph()
      ' The variable "char" will contain
      ' the number of characters moved.
      Dim char As Long
      char = Selection.StartOf(Unit:=wdParagraph, Extend:=wdMove)
   End Sub

Macro to Move Insertion Point to the End of a Paragraph

NOTE: If the insertion point is already at the end of the paragraph, it is not moved.

   Sub EndParagraph()
      ' The variable "char" will contain
      ' the number of characters moved.
      Dim char As Long
      char = Selection.EndOf(Unit:=wdParagraph, Extend:=wdMove)
      Selection.MoveLeft Unit:=wdCharacter, Count:=1
   End Sub

Macro to Select the Current Paragraph

The following Visual Basic macro selects the current paragraph.

   Sub SelectCurrentParagraph()
       Selection.Paragraphs(1).Range.Select
   End Sub

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

89376 Macros to Move to Beginning and End of Paragraph

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

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