Window Object Members

Represents a window. Many document characteristics, such as scroll bars and rulers, are actually properties of the window.

Methods

Name	Description
Activate	Activates the specified window.
Close	Closes the specified window.
GetPoint	Returns the screen coordinates of the specified range or shape.
LargeScroll	Scrolls a window or pane by the specified number of screens.
NewWindow	Opens a new window with the same document as the specified window. Returns a Window object.
PageScroll	Scrolls through the specified pane or window page by page.
PrintOut	Prints all or part of the document displayed in the specified window.
RangeFromPoint	Returns the Range or Shape object that is located at the point specified by the screen position coordinate pair.
ScrollIntoView	Scrolls through the document window so the specified range or shape is displayed in the document window.
SetFocus	Sets the focus of the specified document window to the body of an e-mail message.
SmallScroll	Scrolls a window or pane by the specified number of lines.
ToggleRibbon	Shows or hides the ribbon.
ToggleShowAllReviewers	Shows or hides all comments in a document that contains comments and tracked changes.

Properties

Name	Description
Active	True if the specified window is active. Read-only Boolean.
ActivePane	Returns a Pane object that represents the active pane for the specified window. Read-only.
Application	Returns an Application object that represents the Microsoft OfficeWord application.
Caption	Returns or sets the caption text for the window that is displayed in the title bar of the document or application window. Read/write String.
Creator	Returns a 32-bit integer that indicates the application in which the specified object was created. Read-only Long.
DisplayHorizontalScrollBar	True if a horizontal scroll bar is displayed for the specified window. Read/write Boolean.
DisplayLeftScrollBar	True if the vertical scroll bar appears on the left side of the document window. Read/write Boolean.
DisplayRightRuler	True if the vertical ruler appears on the right side of the document window in print layout view. Read/write Boolean.
DisplayRulers	True if rulers are displayed for the specified window or pane. Read/write Boolean.
DisplayScreenTips	True if comments, footnotes, endnotes, and hyperlinks are displayed as tips. Read/write Boolean.
DisplayVerticalRuler	True if a vertical ruler is displayed for the specified window or pane. Read/write Boolean.
DisplayVerticalScrollBar	True if a vertical scroll bar is displayed for the specified window. Read/write Boolean.
Document	Returns a Document object associated with the specified pane, window, or selection. Read-only.
DocumentMap	True if the document map is visible. Read/write Boolean.
EnvelopeVisible	True if the e-mail message header is visible in the document window. The default value is False. Read/write Boolean.
Height	Returns or sets the height of the window. Read/write Long.
HorizontalPercentScrolled	Returns or sets the horizontal scroll position as a percentage of the document width. Read/write Long.
IMEMode	Returns or sets the default start-up mode for the Japanese Input Method Editor (IME). Read/write WdIMEMode.
Index	Returns a Long that represents the position of an item in a collection. Read-only.
Left	Returns or sets a Long that represents the horizontal position of the specified window, measured in points. Read/write.
Next	Returns the next document window in the collection of open document windows. Read-only.
Panes	Returns a Panes collection that represents all the window panes for the specified window.
Parent	Returns an Object that represents the parent object of the specified Window object.
Previous	Returns the previous document window in the collection open document windows. Read-only.
Selection	Returns the Selection object that represents a selected range or the insertion point. Read-only.
ShowSourceDocuments	Returns or sets a WdShowSourceDocuments constant that represents how Microsoft Word displays source documents after a compare and merge process. Read/write.
Split	True if the window is split into multiple panes. Read/write Boolean.
SplitVertical	Returns or sets the vertical split percentage for the specified window. Read/write Long.
StyleAreaWidth	Returns or sets the width of the style area in points. Read/write Single.
Thumbnails	Sets or returns a Boolean that represents whether thumbnail images of the pages in a document are displayed along the left side of the Microsoft Word document window.
Top	Returns or sets the vertical position of the specified document window, in points. Read/write Long.
Type	Returns the window type. Read-only WdWindowType.
UsableHeight	Returns the height (in points) of the active working area in the specified document window. Read-only Long. .
UsableWidth	Returns the width (in points) of the active working area in the specified document window. Read-only Long.
VerticalPercentScrolled	Returns or sets the vertical scroll position as a percentage of the document length. Read/write Long.
View	Returns a View object that represents the view for the specified window or pane.
Visible	True if the specified object is visible. Read/write Boolean.
Width	Returns or sets the width of the specified document window, in points. Read/write Long.
WindowNumber	Returns the window number of the document displayed in the specified window. For example, if the caption of the window is "Sales.doc:2", this property returns the number 2. Read-only Long.
WindowState	Returns or sets the state of the specified document window or task window. Read/write WdWindowState.