Selection.Text Property

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Returns or sets the text in the specified selection. Read/write String.

Syntax

expression.Text

expression   A variable that represents a Selection object.

Remarks

The Text property returns the plain, unformatted text of the selection. When you set this property, the text of the range or selection is replaced.

Example

This example displays the text in the selection. If nothing is selected, the character following the insertion point is displayed.

Visual Basic for Applications 
  MsgBox Selection.Text

This example inserts 10 lines of text into a new document.

Visual Basic for Applications 
  Documents.Add
For i = 1 To 10
    Selection.Text = "Line" & Str(i) & Chr(13)
    Selection.MoveDown Unit:=wdParagraph, Count:=1
Next i

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