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GoTo Method

Document or Range object: Returns a Range object that represents the start position of the specified item, such as a page, bookmark, or field.

Selection object: Moves the insertion point to the character position immediately preceding the specified item, and returns a Range object (except for the wdGoToGrammaticalError, wdGoToProofreadingError, or wdGoToSpellingError constant).

expression.GoTo(What, Which, Count, Name)

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

WdGoToItem

WdGoToItem can be one of these WdGoToItem constants.
wdGoToBookmark
wdGoToComment
wdGoToEndnote
wdGoToEquation
wdGoToField
wdGoToFootnote
wdGoToGrammaticalError
wdGoToGraphic
wdGoToHeading
wdGoToLine
wdGoToObject
wdGoToPage
wdGoToPercent
wdGoToProofreadingError
wdGoToRevision
wdGoToSection
wdGoToSpellingError
wdGoToTable

WdGoToDirection

WdGoToDirection can be one of these WdGoToDirection constants.
wdGoToAbsolute
wdGoToFirst
wdGoToLast
wdGoToNext
wdGoToPrevious
wdGoToRelative
Selection.GoTo What:=wdGoToHeading, Which:=wdGoToFirst
Selection.GoTo What:=wdGoToHeading, Which:=wdGoToAbsolute, Count:=1

Count   Optional Variant. The number of the item in the document. The default value is 1. The following example moves the selection to the fourth line in the document.

Selection.GoTo What:=wdGoToLine, Which:=wdGoToAbsolute, Count:=4

Only positive values are valid. To specify an item that precedes the range or selection, use wdGoToPrevious as the Which argument and specify a Count value. The following example moves the selection up two lines.

Selection.GoTo What:=wdGoToLine, Which:=wdGoToPrevious, Count:=2

Name   Optional Variant. If the What argument is wdGoToBookmark, wdGoToComment, wdGoToField, or wdGoToObject, this argument specifies a name. The following example moves to the next DATE field.

Selection.GoTo What:=wdGoToField, Name:="Date"

Remarks

When you use the GoTo method with the wdGoToGrammaticalError, wdGoToProofreadingError, or wdGoToSpellingError constant, the Range that's returned includes any grammar error text or spelling error text.

Example

This example moves the selection to the first cell in the next table.

Selection.GoTo What:=wdGoToTable, Which:=wdGoToNext

This example moves the insertion point just before the fifth endnote reference mark in the active document.

If ActiveDocument.Endnotes.Count >= 5 Then
    Selection.GoTo What:=wdGoToEndnote, _
        Which:=wdGoToAbsolute, Count:=5
End If

This example sets R1 equal to the first footnote reference mark in the active document.

If ActiveDocument.Footnotes.Count >= 1 Then
    Set R1 = ActiveDocument.GoTo(What:=wdGoToFootnote, _
        Which:=wdGoToFirst)
    R1.Expand Unit:=wdCharacter
End If

This example moves the selection down four lines.

Selection.GoTo What:=wdGoToLine, Which:=wdGoToRelative, Count:=4

This example moves the selection back two pages.

Selection.GoTo What:=wdGoToPage, Which:=wdGoToPrevious, Count:=2

Applies to | Document Object | Range Object | Selection Object

See Also | Browser Property | GoBack Method | GoForward Method | GoToNext Method | GoToPrevious Method | Move Method | Target Property