DocumentBase.Characters Property
Definition
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Gets a Characters collection that represents the characters in the document.
public:
property Microsoft::Office::Interop::Word::Characters ^ Characters { Microsoft::Office::Interop::Word::Characters ^ get(); };public Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.Characters Characters { get; }member this.Characters : Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.CharactersPublic ReadOnly Property Characters As CharactersProperty Value
A Characters collection that represents the characters in the document.
Examples
The following code example adds text to the first paragraph and then shows a message box that displays the total number of characters in the document. To use this example, run it from the ThisDocument class in a document-level project.
private void DocumentCharacters()
{
this.Paragraphs[1].Range.InsertParagraphAfter();
this.Paragraphs[1].Range.Text = "This is sample text.";
MessageBox.Show("Total characters in document: " + this.Characters.Count);
}
Private Sub DocumentCharacters()
Me.Paragraphs(1).Range.InsertParagraphAfter()
Me.Paragraphs(1).Range.Text = "This is sample text."
MessageBox.Show("Total characters in document: " & Me.Characters.Count)
End Sub