MoveStart Method

expression.MoveStart(Unit, Size)

expression    Required. An expression that returns one of the objects in the Applies To list.

Unit   Required PbTextUnit. The unit by which the collapsed range or selection is to be moved.

Size   Required Long. The number of units to move. If this number is positive, the ending character position is moved forward in the document. If this number is negative, the end is moved backward. If the ending position overtakes the starting position, the range collapses and both character positions move together.

Remarks

Use the MoveEnd method to move the ending character position for a range.

Example

This example sets a text range, moves the range's starting and ending character positions, and then formats the font for the range.

Sub MoveStartEnd()
    Dim rngText As TextRange

    Set rngText = ActiveDocument.Pages(1).Shapes(1).TextFrame _
        .TextRange.Paragraphs(Start:=3, Length:=1)

    With rngText
        .MoveStart Unit:=pbTextUnitLine, Size:=-2
        .MoveEnd Unit:=pbTextUnitLine, Size:=1
        With .Font
            .Bold = msoTrue
            .Size = 15
        End With
    End With

End Sub