Global object (Word)

Contains top-level properties and methods that don't need to be preceded by the Application property.

Remarks

The following two statements have the same result. One statement uses the Application property to access the Documents collection, and one does not. Both statements are equal and achieve the same result.

Documents(1).Content.Bold = True 
Application.Documents(1).Content.Bold = True

Methods

Name
BuildKeyCode
CentimetersToPoints
ChangeFileOpenDirectory
CheckSpelling
CleanString
DDEExecute
DDEInitiate
DDEPoke
DDERequest
DDETerminate
DDETerminateAll
GetSpellingSuggestions
Help
InchesToPoints
KeyString
LinesToPoints
MillimetersToPoints
NewWindow
PicasToPoints
PixelsToPoints
PointsToCentimeters
PointsToInches
PointsToLines
PointsToMillimeters
PointsToPicas
PointsToPixels
Repeat

Properties

Name
ActiveDocument
ActivePrinter
ActiveProtectedViewWindow
ActiveWindow
AddIns
Application
AutoCaptions
AutoCorrect
AutoCorrectEmail
CaptionLabels
CommandBars
Creator
CustomDictionaries
CustomizationContext
Dialogs
Documents
FileConverters
FindKey
FontNames
HangulHanjaDictionaries
IsObjectValid
IsSandboxed
KeyBindings
KeysBoundTo
LandscapeFontNames
Languages
LanguageSettings
ListGalleries
MacroContainer
Name
NormalTemplate
Options
Parent
PortraitFontNames
PrintPreview
ProtectedViewWindows
RecentFiles
Selection
ShowVisualBasicEditor
StatusBar
SynonymInfo
System
Tasks
Templates
VBE
Windows
WordBasic

See also

Word Object Model Reference

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