WD2000: WordBasic.Selection$ Returns Empty Value for Selected Table Cell (204454)
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This article was previously published under Q204454 SYMPTOMS
When you use the WordBasic.Selection$() command in Visual Basic for Applications and the current selection includes text in a table cell, the value returned is an empty value when the end of cell marker is selected.
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To resolve this problem, replace the WordBasic.Selection$() command with the equivalent Visual Basic for Applications command, Selection.Text.
Note that using Selection.Text may return the end of cell marker. To avoid returning the end of cell marker, you can use the following example command line:
' Remove table cell markers from selected text.
sCellText = Left$(Selection.Text, Len(Selection.Text) - 2)
STATUSMicrosoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. REFERENCES
For more information about getting help with Visual Basic for Applications,
please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
226118 OFF2000: Programming Resources for Visual Basic for Applications
| Modification Type: | Major | Last Reviewed: | 6/17/2005 |
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| Keywords: | kbbug kbnofix KB204454 |
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