Range.Expand Method (Word)

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

Syntax

expression .Expand(Unit)

expression Required. A variable that represents a Range object.

Parameters

Name	Required/Optional	Data Type	Description
Unit	Optional	Variant	The unit by which to expand the range. Can be one of the following WdUnits constants:wdCharacter, wdWord, wdSentence, wdParagraph, wdSection, wdStory, wdCellwdColumn, wdRow, or wdTable.

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

See Also

Concepts

Range Object

Range Object Members