microsoft.public.word.vba.general

My testing was done in 2007 and there is no change in that version from
earlier versions. I don't have any information on future versions.

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Hope this helps.

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Doug Robbins - Word MVP

"Rob" wrote in message
news:67D61F76-1952-4C68-A475-ECA74101DA8A@microsoft.com...
> Hi Doug (Thank You Doug Robbins!);
>
> Confirmed the behavior that it does not make any difference how the page
> setup Line Number is actually applied (enabled or not), the results are
> always the same. I prepended
>
> ActiveDocument.Bookmarks("Test003").Range.InformationwdActiveEndPageNumber)
> & "/" &
> ActiveDocument.Bookmarks("Test003").Range.Information(wdFirstCharacterLineNumber)
>
> to get the desired formatted page/linenumber. But is there a case where
> the
> bookmark end is on the next page, then the page number is wrong...I didn't
> see a property to get the page number of the first character in the
> bookmark.
> Is there something for that or I suppose I should use the PAGE field code
> for
> that. (I hate to mix code with fields that will update from F9, but I
> suppose
> I could force a F9 update in the macro?)
>
> Alternatively, I could recommend bookmarking only the first word...
>
> Also, any ideas on Office 2007 and beyond behavior?
>
> Rob
>
> "Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote:
>
>> Doing a bit of testing, the code returns the line number corresponding to
>> the line numbering displayed as a result of application of line numbers
>> to
>> the document via the Page Setup menu item, PROVIDED that the line
>> numbering
>> is set to restart from 1 for each page. That is, it returns the number
>> of
>> the line on that page, not from the beginning of the document.
>>
>> It will not update using F9; it would be necessary to re-run the macro if
>> the line number has changed.
>>
>> Another thing to be aware of is that the Page Setup Line Numbers are not
>> applied to lines withing a table, but the number that the code returns
>> DOES
>> take into account the lines within a table. As a result, it won't work
>> for
>> you on any page on which there is a table before the item whose Line
>> Number
>> you want to reference.
>>
>> If you are going to be needing to update the Line Number references, it
>> would be best to use
>>
>> Selection.Text =
>> ActiveDocument.Bookmarks("test").Range.Information(wdFirstCharacterLineNumber)
>>
>> and when updating the number, select the previously inserted number, so
>> that
>> it is replaced by the new Line Number.
>>
>> --
>> Hope this helps.
>>
>> Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my
>> services on a paid consulting basis.
>>
>> Doug Robbins - Word MVP
>>
>> "Rob" wrote in message
>> news:AE8AEEF5-7FBD-4288-91FC-5CE021E4D47F@microsoft.com...
>> > Hi Doug, and thanks for posting. I appreciate your occupation, my
>> > experience
>> > is on the embedded microcontroller side. I am trying to help someone
>> > work
>> > through this problem for their company (unpaid). My coding experience
>> > is
>> > limited
>> > in the Office arena, but have been doing some C# and a lot of Ansi C
>> > for
>> > 8/16 bit
>> > micros....
>> >
>> > I think that you may have given me the means to an end, but let me
>> > explore
>> > this for the sake of all who might happen to be looking for the same
>> > information (I know there have been at least three of four earnest
>> > investigators that are struggling with this).
>> >
>> > First, I want to clarify what I think Linenumber is:
>> >
>> > I have a Word 2003 document that I have populated with text and
>> > pictures.
>> >
>> > Using Word 2003 when I turn on the word count toolbar, and select
>> > Lines,
>> > then click Recount, this toolbar item tells me that my document has 207
>> > lines.
>> >
>> > Using Word 2003 when I go to Page Setup, select the Layout tab, click
>> > on
>> > Line Numbering, and turn it on so that the first number is 1, and the
>> > numbering is continuous, the last line number (printed in the left most
>> > column) in my document is 131.
>> >
>> > So right off the bat, I have an issue with the Word Count toolbar..but
>> > hey,
>> > I didnt pay anything for that little toolbar....
>> >
>> > What I need to be able to display in a table, is the line number (of a
>> > particular bookmark or other special field code) that is shown in the
>> > left
>> > column when Line Numbering is turned on.
>> >
>> > I think you are telling me that if I select a bookmark (using a macro),
>> > that
>> > I can get the line number (I am hoping that this would be the same line
>> > number that is presented by the Line Numbering as opposed to the Word
>> > Count
>> > toolbar) from the range properties of the first character of the
>> > bookmark.
>> >
>> > It is acceptable that the bookmark may move from one line to another,
>> > because what I need is to be able to display in a table (somewhere in
>> > the
>> > same document), the page# and the line# of the first character of the
>> > bookmark and be able to update the field or value either through F9 or
>> > a
>> > macro.
>> >
>> > If in fact the absolute line number (I am referring to the WordCount
>> > toolbar count of lines in the document) is part of the property of the
>> > range
>> > information as opposed to the line numbering line number, then is there
>> > a
>> > way
>> > to convert between absolute line numbers and the Line Numbering line
>> > numbers?
>> > It would seem possible that a macro or VB module could parse the
>> > document,
>> > and not increment the line number when the absolute line is occupied by
>> > a
>> > figure or table... I am guessing more than a few lines of code to do
>> > this...
>> >
>> > If you have the time, perhaps just correcting my use of terminology so
>> > that
>> > I might be able to search the correct terms and get a solution out
>> > there.
>> > If
>> > you have more than that well you might just be a hero..
>> >
>> > Cheers,
>> > Rob
>> >
>> >
>> > "Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote:
>> >
>> >> There is no LINEREF field in Word.
>> >>
>> >> With the selection where you want to insert the line number, you could
>> >> run a
>> >> macro containing the following code:
>> >>
>> >> Selection.InsertBefore
>> >> ActiveDocument.Bookmarks("test").Range.Information(wdFirstCharacterLineNumber)
>> >>
>> >> Which could be modified so that you were presented with a list of the
>> >> bookmarks to choose from rather than having a particular bookmark name
>> >> hard
>> >> coded into the code. HOWEVER, it is probably NOT worth the effort as
>> >> the
>> >> number that is inserted will not update if the position of the
>> >> bookmark
>> >> on
>> >> the page changes.
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Hope this helps.
>> >>
>> >> Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my
>> >> services on a paid consulting basis.
>> >>
>> >> Doug Robbins - Word MVP
>> >>
>> >> "Rob" wrote in message
>> >> news:9F970341-4658-495C-9F2A-B57A50712C2C@microsoft.com...
>> >> > Help, It is easy enough to discover the page number of a bookmark
>> >> > using
>> >> > PAGE
>> >> > or PAGEREF (w/o even programming). If Line Number is turned on for
>> >> > the
>> >> > active
>> >> > document how does one find the line number of the bookmark on a
>> >> > given
>> >> > line?
>> >> > On several proposal documents we must show the page and line
>> >> > reference
>> >> > of
>> >> > the
>> >> > related item. To do this, we place a bookmark attached to the
>> >> > selected
>> >> > text
>> >> > or object, then use the PAGE or PAGEREF field to get the page#, but
>> >> > we
>> >> > have
>> >> > to type the line number in manually......isnt this supposed to be
>> >> > helping
>> >> > us
>> >> > to not crane our necks at a monitor...?
>> >> >
>> >> > Sincerely cross(eyed)
>> >> > Rob
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
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