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Cell.ColumnIndex Property

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Word Developer Reference

Returns the number of the table column that contains the specified cell. Read-only Long.

Syntax

expression.ColumnIndex

expression   A variable that represents a Cell object.

Example

This example creates a table in a new document, selects each cell in the first row, and returns the column number that contains the selected cell.

Visual Basic for Applications 
  Dim docNew As Document
Dim tableNew As Table
Dim cellLoop As Cell

Set docNew = Documents.Add
Set tableNew = docNew.Tables.Add(Selection.Range, 3, 3)
For Each cellLoop In tableNew.Rows(1).Cells
cellLoop.Select
MsgBox "This is column " & cellLoop.ColumnIndex
Next cellLoop

This example returns the column number of the cell that contains the insertion point.

Visual Basic for Applications 
  Msgbox Selection.Cells(1).ColumnIndex

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