WD2002: Information (wdActiveEndPageNumber) Property Returns Incorrect Ending Page Number (274003)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Word 2002
This article was previously published under Q274003
For a Microsoft Word 2000 version of this article, see 241714.

SYMPTOMS

When you use the wdActiveEndPageNumber Information property in a Word macro, the macro may return an incorrect ending page number.

CAUSE

This problem may occur when all of the following conditions are true:
  • The selected range contains a table.

    -and-
  • A page break occurs in the middle of a table row.

    -and-
  • The last cell in the row that contains the page break contains text that wraps to a new page.

WORKAROUND

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In the macro, select the range for which you want to retrieve the number of the last page in the range, and use the Selection object instead of the Range object.

If you use the Selection object, it may be a good idea to store the current selection at the beginning of the macro in a Range variable and to set the selection back to its original value at the end of the code that retrieves the page number.

The following sample macro loops through all tables in a document and displays the number of the last page on which each table is located in a message box. It also shows how to store the selection in a Range variable and restore it at the end of the macro. The macro turns the screen updates off (which is optional) and can be used to hide the movement of the selection in the document when the macro is running: 
Sub GetTableEndPage()

   Dim tbl As Table
   Dim rg As Range

   ' Turn screen updating off.
   Application.ScreenUpdating = False

   'Save the selection in a range object
   Set rg = Selection.Range
   Selection.EndKey Unit:=wdStory

   'Repaginate
   ActiveDocument.Repaginate

   'Toggle nonprinting characters twice
   ActiveWindow.ActivePane.View.ShowAll = Not _
      ActiveWindow.ActivePane.View.ShowAll

   ActiveWindow.ActivePane.View.ShowAll = Not _
      ActiveWindow.ActivePane.View.ShowAll

   For Each tbl In ActiveDocument.Tables
      tbl.Select
      Selection.MoveEnd wdCharacter, -1
      MsgBox "Table ends on page " & _
         Selection.Information(wdActiveEndPageNumber)
   Next

   'Restore the selection via the saved range object
   rg.Select

End Sub

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

MORE INFORMATION

The following actions also may help to ensure that the page number is retrieved correctly:
  • Turn non-printing characters on and off. To do this, follow these steps:
    1. On the Tools menu, click Options.
    2. On the View tab, click to select the All check box (under Formatting marks), and then click OK.
    3. On the Tools menu, click Options.
    4. On the View tab, click to clear the All check box (listed under Formatting marks), and then click OK.
    -and-

  • Repaginate the document. To do this, click Print Preview on the File menu.

    -and-
  • Go to the end of the document. To do this, press CTRL+END.
Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:10/11/2006
Keywords:kbbug kbdtacode kbmacro kbnofix kbProgramming KB274003
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