Selection.Active Property

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True if the selection in the specified window or pane is active. Read-only Boolean.

Syntax

expression.Active

expression   Required. A variable that represents a Selection object.

Example

This example splits the active window into two panes and activates the selection in the first pane, if it isn't already active.

Visual Basic for Applications 
  Sub SplitWindow()
    ActiveDocument.ActiveWindow.Split = True
    If ActiveDocument.ActiveWindow.Panes(1).Selection _
            .Active = False Then
        ActiveDocument.ActiveWindow.Panes(1).Activate
    End If
End Sub

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