Cursor position (Word)

How can I display the measurement of the cursor's position in inches from the
left margin/left edge of the page and the number of lines down from the top
margin/edge of page in Word?

You can use the VBA Selection.Information method

MsgBox "The Selection is " &
Selection.Information(wdHorizontalPositionRelative ToPage)/72 & " inch from
the left edge of the page."
MsgBox "The Selection is " &
Selection.Information(wdVerticalPositionRelativeTo Page)/72 & "inch from the
top of the page."

The division by 72 is to convert the result from points to inches.

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Hope this helps,

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"APF" wrote in message
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How can I display the measurement of the cursor's position in inches from
the
left margin/left edge of the page and the number of lines down from the
top
margin/edge of page in Word?

You could also use the PointsToInches() function so you don't have to
remember the number 72. :-)

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On Wed, 24 Feb 2010 11:35:24 +1000, "Doug Robbins - Word MVP"
wrote:

You can use the VBA Selection.Information method

MsgBox "The Selection is " &
Selection.Information(wdHorizontalPositionRelativ eToPage)/72 & " inch from
the left edge of the page."
MsgBox "The Selection is " &
Selection.Information(wdVerticalPositionRelativeT oPage)/72 & "inch from the
top of the page."

The division by 72 is to convert the result from points to inches.

--
Hope this helps,

Doug Robbins - Word MVP

Please reply only to the newsgroups unless you wish to obtain my services on
a paid professional basis.

"APF" wrote in message
...
How can I display the measurement of the cursor's position in inches from
the
left margin/left edge of the page and the number of lines down from the
top
margin/edge of page in Word?