Selection.MoveRight Method

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Moves the selection to the right and returns the number of units it has been moved.

Syntax

expression.MoveRight(Unit, Count, Extend)

expression   Required. A variable that represents a Selection object.

Parameters

Name Required/Optional Data Type Description
Unit Optional WdUnits The unit by which the selection is to be moved.The default value is wdCharacter.
Count Optional Variant The number of units the selection is to be moved. The default value is 1.
Extend Optional Variant Can be either wdMove or wdExtend. If wdMove is used, the selection is collapsed to the endpoint and moved to the right. If wdExtend is used, the selection is extended to the right. The default value is wdMove.

Return Value
Long

Remarks

When the Unit is wdCell, the Extend argument can only be wdMove.

Example

This example moves the selection before the previous field and then selects the field.

Visual Basic for Applications 
  With Selection
    Set MyRange = .GoTo(wdGoToField, wdGoToPrevious)
    .MoveRight Unit:=wdWord, Count:=1, Extend:=wdExtend
    If Selection.Fields.Count = 1 Then Selection.Fields(1).Update
End With

This example moves the selection one character to the right. If the move is successful, MoveRight returns 1.

Visual Basic for Applications 
  If Selection.MoveRight = 1 Then MsgBox "Move was successful"

This example moves the selection to the next table cell.

Visual Basic for Applications 
  If Selection.Information(wdWithInTable) = True Then
    Selection.MoveRight Unit:=wdCell, Count:=1, Extend:=wdMove
End If

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