Expand Method

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Expands the specified range or selection. Returns the number of characters added to the range or selection. Long

expression**.Expand(Unit)**

expression Required. An expression that returns one of the objects in the Applies To list.

WdUnits

Can be one of the following WdUnits constants:

wdCharacter

wdWord

wdSentence

wdParagraph

wdSection

wdStory

wdCell

wdColumn

wdRow

wdTable.

If expression represents a Selection object, wdLine can also be used. The default value is wdWord.

Example

This example creates a range that refers to the first word in the active document, and then it expands the range to reference the first paragraph in the document.

Set myRange = ActiveDocument.Words(1)
myRange.Expand Unit:=wdParagraph

This example capitalizes the first character in the selection and then expands the selection to include the entire sentence.

With Selection
    .Characters(1).Case = wdTitleSentence
    .Expand Unit:=wdSentence
End With

Applies to | Range Object | Selection Object

See Also | Next Method | WholeStory Method