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Selection.Characters Property (Word)

Returns a Characters collection that represents the characters in a document, range, or selection. Read-only.

Syntax

expression .Characters

expression A variable that represents a Selection object.

Remarks

For information about returning a single member of a collection, see Returning an Object from a Collection.

Example

This example displays the first character in the selection. If nothing is selected, the character immediately after the insertion point is displayed.

char = Selection.Characters(1).Text 
MsgBox "The first character is... " & char

See Also

Concepts

Selection Object Members

Selection Object