Flags Property

Microsoft Word Visual Basic

Flags Property

       

Returns or sets properties of the selection. Read/write WdSelectionFlags.

WdSelectionFlags can be one of these WdSelectionFlags constants.
wdSelActive
wdSelOvertype
wdSelStartActive
wdSelAtEOL
wdSelReplace
The return value of the Flags property is the sum of the WdSelectionFlags constants that apply to the selection.

Note: Setting the Flags property to wdSelAtEOL wil make the end of the selection active.

expression.Flags

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

Example

This example selects the first word in the active document. The first message box displays "False" because the end of the selection is active. The Flags property makes the beginning of the selection active., and the second message box displays "True."

    ActiveDocument.Words(1).Select
    MsgBox Selection.StartIsActive
    Selection.Flags = wdSelStartActive
    MsgBox Selection.StartIsActive
 
This example turns on overtype mode for the selection.

    Selection.Flags = wdSelStartActive