Kind Property
Kind property as it applies to the Document object.
Returns or sets the format type that Microsoft Word uses when automatically formatting the specified document. Read/write WdDocumentKind.
| WdDocumentKind can be one of these WdDocumentKind constants. |
| wdDocumentEmail |
| wdDocumentNotSpecified |
| wdDocumentLetter |
expression.Kind
expression Required. An expression that returns a Document object.
Kind property as it applies to the Field object.
Returns the type of link for a Field object. Read-only WdFieldKind.
| WdFieldKind can be one of these WdFieldKind constants. |
| wdFieldKindCold A field that doesn't have a result, for example, an Index Entry (XE), Table of Contents Entry (TC), or Private field. |
| wdFieldKindHot A field that's automatically updated each time it's displayed or each time the page is reformatted, but which can also be manually updated (for example, INCLUDEPICTURE or FORMDROPDOWN). |
| wdFieldKindNone An invalid field (for example, a pair of field characters with nothing inside). |
| wdFieldKindWarm A field that can be updated and has a result. This type includes fields that are automatically updated when the source changes as well as fields that can be manually updated (for example, DATE or INCLUDETEXT). |
expression.Kind
expression Required. An expression that returns a Field object.
Example
As it applies to the Document object.
This example asks the user whether the active document is an e-mail message. If the response is Yes, the document is formatted as an e-mail message.
response = MsgBox("Is this document an email message?", vbYesNo)
If response = vbYes Then
ActiveDocument.Kind = wdDocumentEmail
ActiveDocument.Content.AutoFormat
End IfAs it applies to the Field object.
This example updates all warm link fields in the active document.
For Each aField In ActiveDocument.Fields
If aField.Kind = wdFieldKindWarm Then aField.Update
Next aField