Document.ActiveWindow Property

Returns a Window object that represents the active window (the window with the focus). Read-only.

Syntax

expression.ActiveWindow

expression   A variable that represents a Document object.

Remarks

If there are no windows open, using the ActiveWindow property generates an error occurs.

Example

This example displays the caption text for the active window.

  Sub WindowCaption()
    MsgBox ActiveDocument.ActiveWindow.Caption
End Sub

This example opens a new window for the active window of the active document and then tiles all the windows.

  Sub WindowTiled()
    Dim wndTileWindow As Window
    
    Set wndTileWindow = ActiveDocument.ActiveWindow.NewWindow
    Windows.Arrange ArrangeStyle:=wdTiled
End Sub

This example splits the first document window.

  Sub WindowSplit()
    Documents(1).ActiveWindow.Split = True
End Sub

See Also

• Document Object
• Document Object Members