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Range.Expand Method

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Word Developer Reference

Expands the specified range or selection. Returns the number of characters added to the range or selection. Long.

Syntax

expression.Expand(Unit)

expression   Required. A variable that represents a Range object.

Parameters

Name Required/Optional Data Type Description
Unit Optional Variant The unit by which to expand the range. Can be one of the following WdUnits constants:wdCharacter, wdWord, wdSentence, wdParagraph, wdSection, wdStory, wdCellwdColumn, wdRow, or wdTable.

Example

This example creates a range that refers to the first word in the active document, and then it expands the range to reference the first paragraph in the document.

Visual Basic for Applications 
  Set myRange = ActiveDocument.Words(1)
myRange.Expand Unit:=wdParagraph

This example capitalizes the first character in the selection and then expands the selection to include the entire sentence.

Visual Basic for Applications 
  With Selection
    .Characters(1).Case = wdTitleSentence
    .Expand Unit:=wdSentence
End With

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