Selection.Characters Property

Returns a Characters collection that represents the characters in a document, range, or selection. Read-only.

Syntax

expression.Characters

expression   A variable that represents a Selection object.

Remarks

For information about returning a single member of a collection, see Returning an Object from a Collection.

Example

This example displays the first character in the selection. If nothing is selected, the character immediately after the insertion point is displayed.

  char = Selection.Characters(1).Text
MsgBox "The first character is... " & char

See Also

• Selection Object
• Selection Object Members