ContainingRange Property

Returns a Range object that represents the entire story in a series of shapes with linked text frames that the specified text frame belongs to. Read-only.

Example

This example checks the spelling in TextBox 1 and any other text in text frames that are linked to TextBox 1.

Dim rngStory As Range

Set rngStory = ActiveDocument.Shapes("TextBox 1") _
    .TextFrame.ContainingRange

rngStory.CheckSpelling