Expand Method
Expands the specified range or selection. Returns the number of characters added to the range or selection. Long
expression.Expand(Unit)
expression Required. An expression that returns one of the objects in the Applies To list.
Unit Optional Variant. The unit by which to expand the range. WdUnits.
Can be one of the following WdUnits constants:
wdCharacter
wdWord
wdSentence
wdParagraph
wdSection
wdStory
wdCell
wdColumn
wdRow
wdTable.
If expression represents a Selection object, wdLine can also be used. The default value is wdWord.
Example
This example creates a range that refers to the first word in the active document, and then it expands the range to reference the first paragraph in the document.
Set myRange = ActiveDocument.Words(1)
myRange.Expand Unit:=wdParagraphThis example capitalizes the first character in the selection and then expands the selection to include the entire sentence.
With Selection
.Characters(1).Case = wdTitleSentence
.Expand Unit:=wdSentence
End With