Start Property [Excel 2003 VBA Language Reference]
Returns the position that represents the first character of a phonetic text string in the specified cell. Read-only Long.
Example
This example returns the starting position of the second phonetic text string in the active cell.
ActiveCell.FormulaR1C1 = ""
ActiveCell.Phonetics.Add Start:=1, Length:=3, Text:=""
ActiveCell.Phonetics.Add Start:=4, Length:=3, Text:=""
MsgBox ActiveCell.Phonetics(2).Start
Applies to | Phonetics Collection Object