Style.Description Property (Word)

Returns the description of the specified style. Read-only String.

Syntax

expression .Description

expression A variable that represents a Style object.

Remarks

A typical example of a descirption for a style might be "Normal + Font: Arial, 12 pt, Bold, Italic, Space Before 12 pt After 3 pt, KeepWithNext, Level 2."

Example

This example creates a new document and inserts a tab-delimited list of the active document's styles and their descriptions.

Dim docActive As Document 
Dim docNew As Document 
Dim styleLoop As Style 
 
Set docActive = ActiveDocument 
Set docNew = Documents.Add 
 
For Each styleLoop In docActive.Styles 
 With docNew.Range 
 .InsertAfter Text:=styleLoop.NameLocal & Chr(9) _ 
 & styleLoop.Description 
 .InsertParagraphAfter 
 End With 
Next styleLoop

See Also

Concepts

Style Object

Style Object Members