Expand Method [Publisher 2003 VBA Language Reference]
Expands the specified range or selection. Returns or sets a Long that represents the number of specified units added to the range or selection.
expression.Expand(Unit)
expression Required. An expression that returns one of the objects in the Applies To list.
PbTextUnit
PbTextUnit can be one of these PbTextUnit constants. |
pbTextUnitCell |
pbTextUnitCharacter |
pbTextUnitCharFormat |
pbTextUnitCodePoint |
pbTextUnitColumn |
pbTextUnitLine |
pbTextUnitObject |
pbTextUnitParaFormat |
pbTextUnitParagraph |
pbTextUnitRow |
pbTextUnitScreen |
pbTextUnitSection |
pbTextUnitSentence |
pbTextUnitStory |
pbTextUnitTable |
pbTextUnitWindow |
pbTextUnitWord |
Remarks
The Expand method moves both endpoints of a range if necessary; to move only one endpoint of a range, use the MoveStart or MoveEnd method.
Example
This example creates a range that refers to the first word in the first shape of the active publication, formats the font for the word, and then it expands the range to reference the entire first paragraph and formats the font for the whole line.
Sub ExpandRange()
Dim rngText As TextRange
Set rngText = ActiveDocument.Pages(1).Shapes(1) _
.TextFrame.TextRange.Words(Start:=1, Length:=1)
With rngText
With .Font
.Size = 20
.Italic = msoTrue
End With
.Expand Unit:=pbTextUnitLine
.Font.Bold = msoTrue
End With
End Sub
Applies to | TextRange Object