WD97: Selection.Information Returns Incorrect Information from Merged Cells in Word Table (240232)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Word 97 for Windows
This article was previously published under Q240232 SYMPTOMS
When you use the Selection.Information(wdStartOfRangeColumnNumber) or
Selection.Information(wdStartOfRangeRowNumber) method to return the column or row number from a Word table with merged cells, the information returned does not take into account that a table contains merged cells. Thus the returned information cannot be used to reference cells in rows that contain merged cells.
WORKAROUND
To work around this problem, use Visual Basic for Applications code to loop through and mark Row, Column using the Tables(n).Columns.Count and Tables(n).Rows.Count of each cell while keeping track of count manually.
RESOLUTION
To resolve the problem described in this article, obtain
and install the latest Microsoft Word 97 update from
the following Microsoft Web site:
IMPORTANT NOTE: Microsoft Word 97 post-service
release fixes are cumulative. The latest update contains
all of the fixes since Service Release 2. If you install
the latest update for Word 97, you do not need to install
any other updates after Service Release 2. For additional information about the fixes included in the latest update for Word 97, click the article number below
to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
265374 WD97: Post Service Release Fixes for Word 97
STATUSMicrosoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.
| Modification Type: | Minor | Last Reviewed: | 10/18/2005 |
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