October 1999
Beginner
410 pages
10h 45m
English
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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:
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Activate |
Caption |
DefaultTableSeparator |
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ActiveDocument |
CaptionLabels |
Dialogs |
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ActivePrinter |
CentimetersToPoints |
DisplayAlerts |
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ActiveWindow |
ChangeFileOpenDirectory |
DisplayAutoCompleteTips |
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AddAddress |
CheckGrammar |
DisplayRecentFiles |
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AddIns |
CheckSpelling |
DisplayScreenTips |
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Application |
CleanString |
DisplayScrollBars |
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Assistant |
CommandBars |
DisplayStatusBar |
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AutoCaptions |
Creator |
Documents |
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AutoCorrect |
CustomDictionaries |
EnableCancelKey |
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AutomaticChange |
CustomizationContext |
FileConverters |
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BackgroundPrintingStatus |
DDEExecute |
FileSearch |
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BackgroundSavingStatus |
DDEInitiate |
FindKey |
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BrowseExtraFileTypes |
DDEPoke |
FocusInMailHeader ... |
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