Selection.InsertAfter Method

Inserts the specified text at the end of a range or selection.

Syntax

expression.InsertAfter(Text)

expression   Required. A variable that represents a Selection object.

Parameters

Remarks

After using this method, the selection expands to include the new text.

You can insert characters such as quotation marks, tab characters, and nonbreaking hyphens by using the Visual Basic Chr function with the InsertAfter method. You can also use the following Visual Basic constants: vbCr, vbLf, vbCrLf and vbTab.

If you use this method with a selection that refers to an entire paragraph, the text is inserted after the ending paragraph mark (the text will appear at the beginning of the next paragraph). To insert text at the end of a paragraph, determine the ending point and subtract 1 from this location (the paragraph mark is one character), as shown in the following example.

  ActiveDocument.Range( _
    ActiveDocument.Paragraphs(1).Range.Start, _
    ActiveDocument.Paragraphs(1).Range.End - 1) _
    .Select
Selection.InsertAfter _
" This is now the last sentence in paragraph one."

However, if the selection ends with a paragraph mark that also happens to be the end of the document, Microsoft Word inserts the text before the final paragraph mark rather than creating a new paragraph at the end of the document. Also, if the selection is a bookmark, Word inserts the specified text but does not extend the selection or the bookmark to include the new text.

Example

This example inserts text at the end of the selection and then collapses the selection to an insertion point.

  With Selection
    .InsertAfter "appended text"
    .Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseEnd
End With

See Also

• Selection Object
• Selection Object Members