Global.ActiveWindow property (Word)
Returns a Window object that represents the active window (the window with the focus). Read-only.
expression.ActiveWindow
expression A variable that represents a 'Global' object.
If there are no windows open, using this property causes an error.
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
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