Writing Word Macros, Second Edition

Chapter 11. The Application Object

In this chapter:

• Properties and Methods

• The Options Object

• The Task Object

• The Template Object

• The Window Object

• The Pane Object

• The View Object

• The Zoom Object

At last we can begin a detailed look at the major portions of the Word object model, starting with the Application object, which sits atop the object model. Figure 11-1 shows the Application object and its children.

Figure 11-2 shows those children of the Application object that I discuss in this book, in this chapter and later chapters. After discussing some of the properties and methods of the Application object itself, I discuss some of the simpler child objects of Application in this chapter, saving the more involved child objects for later chapters.

Properties and Methods

The Application object has a whopping 139 properties and methods:

Activate	Caption	DefaultTableSeparator
ActiveDocument	CaptionLabels	Dialogs
ActivePrinter	CentimetersToPoints	DisplayAlerts
ActiveWindow	ChangeFileOpenDirectory	DisplayAutoCompleteTips
AddAddress	CheckGrammar	DisplayRecentFiles
AddIns	CheckSpelling	DisplayScreenTips
Application	CleanString	DisplayScrollBars
Assistant	CommandBars	DisplayStatusBar
AutoCaptions	Creator	Documents
AutoCorrect	CustomDictionaries	EnableCancelKey
AutomaticChange	CustomizationContext	FileConverters
BackgroundPrintingStatus	DDEExecute	FileSearch
BackgroundSavingStatus	DDEInitiate	FindKey
BrowseExtraFileTypes	DDEPoke	FocusInMailHeader ...