Using "For Each" to loop a collection does not allow access to each revision item (304020)

SYMPTOMS

When you use a For Each statement to loop the Activedocument.Range.Revisions collection in Microsoft Word, the expected number of Revision objects is not always returned.

The Revisions.Count reflects more objects than the For Each actually returns.

CAUSE

When the Track Changes option is not selected, it is possible to split a revision (a revision is a contiguous range in a document). There are multiple ways to cause a revision to no longer be contiguous, for example, typing additional characters in an existing revision or inserting a section break in the middle of an existing revision.

WORKAROUND

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To work around this problem, use a For Next loop that uses the Revisions collection and ActiveDocument.Range.Revisions.Count. This allows you to access the entire collection.

For i = 1 To ActiveDocument.Revisions.Count
   MsgBox "Format Description: " _
        & ActiveDocument.Revisions(i).FormatDescription & " Index number: " _
        & ActiveDocument.Revisions(i).Index & " Member number in Count: " & i
Next i

Using "For Each" to loop a collection does not allow access to each revision item (304020)

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