Determine if Selection is Text (Application Event Procedure) Jon Borel 12/30/2008 6:46:06 PM Hello, I have a Word 2003 event handler that checks to see if the current selection/cursor position is in text of the style "Bold Word." If so, the event handler shows my "Bold Word" toolbar button as depressed. Note: The "Bold Word" toolbar button runs a macro that toggles the bold style on & off. ' Class Module Private Sub below: If Selection.Style = ActiveDocument.Styles("Bold Word") Then CommandBars("myToolbar").Controls(1).State = msoButtonDown Else CommandBars("myToolbar").Controls(1).State = msoButtonUp End If It was working fine, until I selected a non-text object (say a text box or image); it throws an error (e.g., "Object variable or With block variable not set" or "Method not available because the object refers to a drawing object"). So I tried to trap/filter any selection that wasn't text by nesting the IF/THEN shown above in another IF/THEN: If Selection.Type = wdSelectionNormal Then If Selection.Style = ActiveDocument.Styles("Bold Word") Then CommandBars("TCO Tools").Controls(1).State = msoButtonDown Else CommandBars("TCO Tools").Controls(1).State = msoButtonUp End If End If This is working better (no errors) but now, because of the "wdSelectionNormal" statement, I have to actually Select text (not just click in a word). In other words, if I simply click in a word, the nested If/Then doesn't fire, and nothing happens to my "Bold Word" toolbar button until I select (hightlight) one or more characters. When I click in (or select) a word, I want the macro to highlight my button just like Word highlights the Bold button when you click/select a word that is bold, and dims the bold button when you click/select non-bold text. (You don't have to actually select/highlight text, just click in it.) Thanks, Jon

Re: Determine if Selection is Text (Application Event Procedure) Jay Freedman <jay.freedman[ at ]verizon.net> 12/30/2008 10:45:03 PM Hi Jon, Modify the If statement to If Selection.Type = wdSelectionNormal Or _ Selection.Type = wdSelectionIP Then The wdSelectionIP value corresponds to a collapsed selection (insertion point), while wdSelectionNormal corresponds to the selection of one or more characters. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. On Tue, 30 Dec 2008 10:46:06 -0800, Jon Borel <Jon Borel[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: [Quoted Text] >Hello, > >I have a Word 2003 event handler that checks to see if the current >selection/cursor position is in text of the style "Bold Word." If so, the >event handler shows my "Bold Word" toolbar button as depressed. Note: The >"Bold Word" toolbar button runs a macro that toggles the bold style on & off. > >' Class Module Private Sub below: > > If Selection.Style = ActiveDocument.Styles("Bold Word") Then > CommandBars("myToolbar").Controls(1).State = msoButtonDown > > Else > CommandBars("myToolbar").Controls(1).State = msoButtonUp > > End If > >It was working fine, until I selected a non-text object (say a text box or >image); it throws an error (e.g., "Object variable or With block variable not >set" or "Method not available because the object refers to a drawing >object"). So I tried to trap/filter any selection that wasn't text by >nesting the IF/THEN shown above in another IF/THEN: > >If Selection.Type = wdSelectionNormal Then > > If Selection.Style = ActiveDocument.Styles("Bold Word") Then > CommandBars("TCO Tools").Controls(1).State = msoButtonDown > > Else > CommandBars("TCO Tools").Controls(1).State = msoButtonUp > > End If > > End If > >This is working better (no errors) but now, because of the >"wdSelectionNormal" statement, I have to actually Select text (not just click >in a word). In other words, if I simply click in a word, the nested If/Then >doesn't fire, and nothing happens to my "Bold Word" toolbar button until I >select (hightlight) one or more characters. > >When I click in (or select) a word, I want the macro to highlight my button >just like Word highlights the Bold button when you click/select a word that >is bold, and dims the bold button when you click/select non-bold text. (You >don't have to actually select/highlight text, just click in it.) > >Thanks, >Jon

Re: Determine if Selection is Text (Application Event Procedure) Jon Borel 12/31/2008 2:30:01 PM Jay, PERFECT! Thanks for your help, it's great to have access to people like you who are both willing and able to help. Have a great day, Jon "Jay Freedman" wrote: [Quoted Text] > Hi Jon, > > Modify the If statement to > > If Selection.Type = wdSelectionNormal Or _ > Selection.Type = wdSelectionIP Then > > The wdSelectionIP value corresponds to a collapsed selection (insertion point), > while wdSelectionNormal corresponds to the selection of one or more characters. > > -- > Regards, > Jay Freedman > Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org > Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all > may benefit. > > On Tue, 30 Dec 2008 10:46:06 -0800, Jon Borel <Jon > Borel[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > > >Hello, > > > >I have a Word 2003 event handler that checks to see if the current > >selection/cursor position is in text of the style "Bold Word." If so, the > >event handler shows my "Bold Word" toolbar button as depressed. Note: The > >"Bold Word" toolbar button runs a macro that toggles the bold style on & off. > > > >' Class Module Private Sub below: > > > > If Selection.Style = ActiveDocument.Styles("Bold Word") Then > > CommandBars("myToolbar").Controls(1).State = msoButtonDown > > > > Else > > CommandBars("myToolbar").Controls(1).State = msoButtonUp > > > > End If > > > >It was working fine, until I selected a non-text object (say a text box or > >image); it throws an error (e.g., "Object variable or With block variable not > >set" or "Method not available because the object refers to a drawing > >object"). So I tried to trap/filter any selection that wasn't text by > >nesting the IF/THEN shown above in another IF/THEN: > > > >If Selection.Type = wdSelectionNormal Then > > > > If Selection.Style = ActiveDocument.Styles("Bold Word") Then > > CommandBars("TCO Tools").Controls(1).State = msoButtonDown > > > > Else > > CommandBars("TCO Tools").Controls(1).State = msoButtonUp > > > > End If > > > > End If > > > >This is working better (no errors) but now, because of the > >"wdSelectionNormal" statement, I have to actually Select text (not just click > >in a word). In other words, if I simply click in a word, the nested If/Then > >doesn't fire, and nothing happens to my "Bold Word" toolbar button until I > >select (hightlight) one or more characters. > > > >When I click in (or select) a word, I want the macro to highlight my button > >just like Word highlights the Bold button when you click/select a word that > >is bold, and dims the bold button when you click/select non-bold text. (You > >don't have to actually select/highlight text, just click in it.) > > > >Thanks, > >Jon >