Selection.PreviousRevision Method

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Locates and returns the previous tracked change as a Revision object.

Syntax

expression.PreviousRevision(Wrap)

expression   Required. A variable that represents a Selection object.

Parameters

Name Required/Optional Data Type Description
Wrap Optional Variant True to continue searching for a revision at the end of the document when the beginning of the document is reached. The default value is False.

Return Value
Revision

Example

This example selects the last tracked change in the first section in the active document and displays the date and time of the change.

Visual Basic for Applications 
  Selection.EndOf Unit:=wdStory, Extend:=wdMove
Set myRev = Selection.PreviousRevision
If Not (myRev Is Nothing) Then MsgBox myRev.Date

This example rejects the previous tracked change found if the change type is deleted or inserted text. If the tracked change is a style change, the change is accepted.

Visual Basic for Applications 
  Set myRev = Selection.PreviousRevision(Wrap:=True)
If Not (myRev Is Nothing) Then
    Select Case myRev.Type
        Case wdRevisionDelete
            myRev.Reject
        Case wdRevisionInsert
            myRev.Reject
        Case wdRevisionStyle
            myRev.Accept
    End Select
End If

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