Is there a difference between ActiveDocument.Content and ActiveDocument.Range in VBA?

Question

Hello -- In a Word VBA macro, is there a difference between these 2 ranges:

FIRST ONE:

Dim Rng1 As Range

Set Rng1 = ActiveDocument.Range

SECOND ONE:

Dim Rng2 As Range

Set Rng2 = ActiveDocument.Content

Thank you,

-Lynne

Answer 1

No, there is no difference when used that way.

The only difference is that .Content is a property only of the Document object, and it always refers to the document's main story; but the .Range property can be a property of many kinds of objects (Document, Section, Paragraph, Selection, etc.) and refers to the range of the parent object.

Answer 2

No, there is no difference. They are equivalent to each other and to ActiveDocument.StoryRanges(wdMainTextStory)

Answer 3

For the Document object, Range is actually a method. Its Start and End parameters are optional, but they can be used to define a range object in the document.

Answer 4

Thank you all for this very useful information!

Have a great day,

-Lynne