Bookmark.Previous(Object, Object) Method

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word

Assembly:: Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word.dll

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Gets a Range object relative to the Bookmark control.

public Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.Range Previous (ref object Unit, ref object Count);

abstract member Previous : obj * obj -> Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.Range

Public Function Previous (Optional ByRef Unit As Object, Optional ByRef Count As Object) As Range

Parameters

Unit: Object

Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.WdUnits.

Count: Object

The number of units by which you want to move back. The default value is 1.

Returns

Range

A Range object relative to the Bookmark control.

Examples

The following code example adds text to the first paragraph and then adds a Bookmark control to the second word. The code then selects the word previous to the bookmark.

This example is for a document-level customization.

private void BookmarkPrevious()
{
    this.Paragraphs[1].Range.InsertParagraphBefore();
    this.Paragraphs[1].Range.Text = "Text before the bookmark.";
    Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word.Bookmark bookmark1 =
        this.Controls.AddBookmark(this.Paragraphs[1].Range.Words[2],
        "bookmark1");
    
    object Unit = Word.WdUnits.wdWord;
    object Count = 1;

    bookmark1.Previous(ref Unit, ref Count).Select();
}

Private Sub BookmarkPrevious()

    Me.Paragraphs(1).Range.InsertParagraphBefore()
    Me.Paragraphs(1).Range.Text = "Text before the bookmark."

    Dim Bookmark1 As Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word.Bookmark = _
        Me.Controls.AddBookmark(Me.Paragraphs(1).Range.Words(2), _
        "Bookmark1")
    
    Bookmark1.Previous(Word.WdUnits.wdWord, 1).Select()

End Sub

Remarks

Optional Parameters

For information on optional parameters, see Optional Parameters in Office Solutions.

Applies to