Range Properties Limitation?

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George Lee - 17 Oct 2006 19:26 GMT

Is there a limitation to using Range's Start and End properties directly? In
the help files, the following works properly:
    Set rngDoc = ActiveDocument.Range(Start:=0, End:=10)
as does
    ActiveDocument.Range(Start:=0, End:=10).Bold = True

But using this in my code, I always get "Wrong number of arguments or
invalid property assignment" when using:
    myString = Selection.Range(Start:=100, End:=150).Text
or
    myString = whichDocument.Tables(1).Range(Start:=100, End:=150).Text

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Doug Robbins - Word MVP - 17 Oct 2006 20:49 GMT

I would use

Dim myrange As Range
Set myrange = Selection.Range
myrange.Start = myrange.Start + 100
myrange.End = myrange.Start + 50
myrange.Bold = True

the embolden the 100th thru the 150th characters in the selection.

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> Is there a limitation to using Range's Start and End properties directly?
> In
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> or
> myString = whichDocument.Tables(1).Range(Start:=100, End:=150).Text

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George Lee - 17 Oct 2006 21:04 GMT

Thanks. That's what I'm currently doing.

The code appears inside a Find.Execute function, so to make it work, I have
to save the Start and End separately, change the range and get the text then
reset the range. Since I'm not actually changing anything, I was hoping I
could just declare the range I want without resetting anything.

> I would use
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> > or
> > myString = whichDocument.Tables(1).Range(Start:=100, End:=150).Text

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Tony Jollans - 17 Oct 2006 22:36 GMT

The, rather confusing, difference is because Range is a Method of a Document
and takes parameters, and a Property of the Selection which doesn't..

One way to do what you want would be something like this ...

With Selection
.document.range(.start+100, .start+150).bold=true
End With

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Enjoy,
Tony

> Is there a limitation to using Range's Start and End properties directly? In
> the help files, the following works properly:
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> or
> myString = whichDocument.Tables(1).Range(Start:=100, End:=150).Text

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