Document Interface

Reserved for internal use.

Returns the name of the active theme plus the theme formatting options for the specified document.

Returns the display name of the active theme for the specified document.

Returns a Window object that represents the active window.

Returns or sets the writing style for a specified language in the specified document.

Returns an Application object that represents the Microsoft Word application.

Returns a Template object that represents the template attached to the specified document.

Returns or sets a Boolean that represents whether automatic formatting options override formatting restrictions in a document where formatting restrictions are in effect.

Determines if automatic hyphenation is turned on for the specified document.

Returns a Shape object that represents the background image for the specified document.

Returns the bibliography references contained within a document. Read-only.

Returns a Bookmarks collection that represents all the bookmarks in a document.

Returns a Broadcast object that represents a broadcast session, in which presenters can present Word documents to remote participants over the web without the participants needing to have rich clients installed.

Returns a DocumentProperties collection that represents all the built-in document properties for the specified document.

Returns a Characters collection that represents the characters in a document.

Returns or sets a Boolean (bool in C#) that specifies whether charts in the active document use cell-reference data-point tracking. Read-write.

This object, member, or enumeration is deprecated and is not intended to be used in your code.

Returns or sets the default paragraph style applied to text by the Click and Type feature in the specified document.

Returns a CoAuthoring object that provides an entry point to co-authoring-related object model in the document.

Returns the code name for the specified document.

Returns a CommandBars collection that represents the menu bar and all the toolbars in Microsoft Word.

Returns a Comments collection that represents all the comments in the specified document.

Determines if the specified compatibility option is enabled.

Returns a long that specifies the compatibility mode that Word 2010 uses when opening the document.

Returns or sets the maximum number of consecutive lines that can end with hyphens.

Returns the object that represents the container application for the specified OLE object.

Returns a Range object that represents the main document story.

Returns all of the content controls in a document. Read-only.

Returns the metadata stored in a document, such as author name, subject, and company. Read-only.

Returns a 32-bit integer that indicates the application in which the specified object was created.

Returns a random number that Word assigns to changes in a document. Read-only.

Returns a DocumentProperties collection that represents all the custom document properties for the specified document.

Returns a CustomXMLParts#SameCHM collection that represents the custom XML in the XML data store. Read-only.

Returns an Object that represents the table style that is applied to all newly created tables in a document.

Returns or sets the interval (in points) between the default tab stops in the specified document.

Returns or sets a String indicating the browser frame in which to display a Web page reached through a hyperlink.

Determines if all features introduced after the version specified in the DisableFeaturesIntroducedAfter property are disabled.

Disables all features introduced after a specified version of Microsoft Word in the document only.

Reserved for internal use.

Returns a DocumentInspectors collection that enables you to locate hidden personal information, such as author name, company name, and revision date. Read-only.

Returns a DocumentLibraryVersions collection that represents the collection of versions of a shared document that has versioning enabled and that is stored in a document library on a server.

Returns an OfficeTheme object that represents the Microsoft Office theme applied to a document. Read-only.

Determines if Microsoft Word embeds common system fonts.

Returns an Email object that contains all the e-mail – related properties of the current document.

Determines if Microsoft Word embeds speech and handwriting, stores East Asian IME keystrokes, and controls text service data received from devices.

Determines if Microsoft Word saves the smart tag information in a document.

ReturnsTrue if Microsoft Word embeds TrueType fonts in a document when it's saved.

Returns a String specifying the name of the algorithm encryption provider that Microsoft Office Word uses when encrypting documents. Read/write.

Returns an Endnotes collection that represents all the endnotes in a range, selection, or document.

Returns or sets a Boolean that represents whether formatting restrictions are enforced in a protected document.

Returns an Envelope object that represents envelope functionality and the envelope in the specified document.

Returns or sets the East Asian language to use when breaking lines of text in the specified document or template.

Returns or sets the line break control level for the specified document.

Returns a read-only Fields collection that represents all the fields in the document, range, or selection.

Returns or sets a Boolean that indicates whether a document is final. Read/write.

Returns a Footnotes collection that represents all the footnotes in a range, selection, or document.

Determines if Microsoft Word is to show clear formatting in the Styles and Formatting task pane.

Returns or sets a WdShowFilter constant that represents the styles and formatting displayed in the Styles and Formatting task pane.

Determines if Microsoft Word displays font formatting in the Styles and Formatting task pane.

Returns or sets a Boolean that represents whether Microsoft Office Word shows the next heading level when the previous heading level is used. Read/write.

Determines if Microsoft Word displays number formatting in the Styles and Formatting task pane.

Determines if Microsoft Word displays paragraph formatting in the Styles and Formatting task pane.

Returns or sets a Boolean that represents whether to show user-defined styles. Read/write.

Returns a FormFields collection that represents all the form fields in the document, range, or selection.

Returns True if the specified document is in form design mode.

Returns a Frames collection that represents all the frames in a document, range, or selection.

Returns a Frameset object that represents an entire frames page or a single frame on a frames page.

Specifies the name of a document, template, or cascading style sheet, including the drive or Web path.

Determines if a grammar check has been run on the specified range or document.

Returns a ProofreadingErrors collection that represents the sentences that failed the grammar check on the specified document or range.

Returns or sets the amount of horizontal space between the invisible gridlines that Microsoft Word uses when you draw, move, and resize AutoShapes or East Asian characters in the specified document.

Returns or sets the amount of vertical space between the invisible gridlines that Microsoft Word uses when you draw, move, and resize AutoShapes or East Asian characters in the specified document.

Determines if Microsoft Word starts the character grid from the upper-left corner of the page.

Returns or sets the point, relative to the left edge of the page, where you want the invisible grid for drawing, moving, and resizing AutoShapes or East Asian characters to begin in the specified document.

Returns or sets the point, relative to the top of the page, where you want the invisible grid for drawing, moving, and resizing AutoShapes or East Asian characters to begin in the specified document.

Returns or sets the interval at which Microsoft Word displays horizontal character gridlines in print layout view.

Returns or sets the interval at which Microsoft Word displays vertical character gridlines in print layout view.

This object, member, or enumeration is deprecated and is not intended to be used in your code.

Returns True if a password is required to open the specified document.

Determines if the specified document has a routing slip attached to it.

Returns a Boolean that represents whether a document has an attached Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications project. Read-only.

Returns an HTMLDivisions object that represents an HTML division in a Web document.

Returns an HTMLProject object in the specified document that represents a top-level project branch, as in the Project Explorer of the Microsoft Script Editor.

Returns a Hyperlinks collection that represents all the hyperlinks in the specified document, range, or selection.

Determine if words in all capital letters can be hyphenated.

Returns or sets the width of the hyphenation zone, in points.

Returns an Indexes collection that represents all the indexes in the specified document.

Returns an InlineShapes collection that represents all the InlineShape objects in a document, range, or selection.

True if the most recent firing of the Application.DocumentBeforeSave Event (Word)event was the result of an automatic save, and not a manual save by the user. Read-only.

Determines if the specified document is a master document.

Determines if the specified document is opened in a separate document window as a subdocument of a master document.

Returns or sets the character spacing adjustment for the specified document.

Determines if Microsoft Word kerns half-width Latin characters and punctuation marks in the specified document.

Returns or sets the format type that Microsoft Word uses when automatically formatting the specified document.

Returns or sets a value that specifies whether Microsoft Word has detected the language of the specified text.

Returns a ListParagraphs collection that represents all the numbered paragraphs in the document.

Returns a Lists collection that contains all the formatted lists in the specified document.

Returns a ListTemplates collection that represents all the list formats for the specified document.

Returns or sets a Boolean that represents whether users can change which set of Quick Styles is being used. Read/write.

Returns or sets a Boolean that represents whether a user can change a document theme. Read/write.

Returns an MsoEnvelope object that represents an e-mail header for a document.

This object, member, or enumeration is deprecated and is not intended to be used in your code.

Returns a MailMerge object that represents the mail merge functionality for the specified document.

Returns the name of the specified object.

Returns or sets the kinsoku characters after which Microsoft Word will not break a line.

Returns or sets the kinsoku characters before which Microsoft Word will not break a line.

Returns or sets a WdOMathBreakBin enumeration value that represents where Microsoft Office Word places binary operators when equations span two or more lines. Read/write.

Returns or sets a WdOMathBreakSub enumeration value that represents how Microsoft Office Word handles a subtraction operator that falls before a line break. Read/write.

Returns the name of the font used in a document to display equations. Read/write.

Returns or sets a Boolean that represents the default location of limits for integrals. Read/write.

Returns or sets the default justification—left, right, centered, or centered as a group—of a group of equations. Read/write.

Returns or sets the left margin for equations. Read/write.

Returns or sets a Boolean that represents the default location of limits for n-ary objects other than integrals. Read/write.

Returns or sets the right margin for equations. Read/write.

Returns the OMath objects within the specified range. Read-only.

Returns or sets a Boolean that represents whether to use small fractions in equations contained within the document. Read/write.

Returns the placement of the second line of an equation that wraps to a new line. Read/write.

Returns the encoding used to open the specified document.

Determines if Microsoft Word optimizes the current document for viewing in Word 97.

Returns the document title for the original document after running a legal-blackline document compare function. Read-only.

Returns a PageSetup object that's associated with the specified document.

Returns a Paragraphs collection that represents all the paragraphs in the specified document.

Returns an object that represents the parent object of the specified object.

Sets a password that must be supplied to open the specified document.

Returns a String indicating the algorithm Microsoft Word uses for encrypting documents with passwords.

Returns True if Microsoft Word encrypts file properties for password-protected documents.

Returns an Integer indicating the key length of the algorithm Microsoft Word uses when encrypting documents with passwords.

Returns the name of the algorithm encryption provider that Microsoft Word uses when encrypting documents with passwords.

Returns the disk or Web path to the specified object.

Returns a Permission object that represents the permission settings in the specified document.

Determines if Microsoft Word prints onto a preprinted form only the data entered in the corresponding online form.

This object, member, or enumeration is deprecated and is not intended to be used in your code.

Determines if PRINT field instructions (such as PostScript commands) in a document are to be printed on top of text and graphics when a PostScript printer is used.

Determines if revision marks are printed with the document.

Returns the protection type for the specified document.

Returns a ReadabilityStatistics collection that represents the readability statistics for the specified document.

Returns or sets an Integer that represents the width of pages in a document when it is displayed in reading layout view and is frozen for entering handwritten markup.

Returns or sets an Integer that represents the height of pages in a document when it is displayed in reading layout view and is frozen for entering handwritten markup.

Sets or returns a Boolean that represents whether pages displayed in reading layout view are frozen to a specified size for inserting handwritten markup into a document.

Determines if changes to the document cannot be saved to the original document.

Determines if Word displays a message box whenever a user opens the document, suggesting that it be opened as read-only.

Returns or sets a Boolean indicating whether a document stores the date and time metadata for tracked changes.

Determines if Microsoft Word removes all user information from comments, revisions, and the Properties dialog box upon saving a document.

Returns the research service for a document. Read-only.

Returns the document title for a revised document after running a legal-blackline document compare function. Read-only.

Returns a Revisions collection that represents the tracked changes in the document or range.

Determines if the specified document has been routed to the next recipient.

Returns a RoutingSlip object that represents the routing slip information for the specified document.

Determines if the specified document or template hasn't changed since it was last saved.

Returns or sets the encoding to use when saving a document.

Returns an Integer representing the file format of the specified document or file converter.

Determines if Microsoft Word saves the data entered in a form as a tab-delimited record for use in a database.

Determines if Microsoft Word saves a subset of the embedded TrueType fonts with the document.

Returns a Scripts collection that represents the collection of HTML scripts in the specified object.

Returns a Sections collection that represents the sections in the specified document.

Returns a Sentences collection that represents all the sentences in the document.

Returns the policy specified for a document stored on a server running Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007. Read-only.

Returns a Shapes collection that represents all the Shape objects in the specified document.

Returns a SharedWorkspace object that represents the Document Workspace in which a specified document is located.

Determines if grammatical errors are marked by a wavy green line in the specified document.

This object, member, or enumeration is deprecated and is not intended to be used in your code.

Determines if Microsoft Word underlines spelling errors in the document.

Determines if an automatic summary is displayed for the specified document.

Returns a SignatureSet object that represents the digital signatures for a document.

Returns a SmartDocument object that represents the settings for a smart document solution.

Returns a SmartTags object that represents a smart tag in a document.

Determines whether Microsoft Word creates an XML header containing smart tag information when a document containing smart tags is saved as HTML.

Determines if AutoShapes or East Asian characters are automatically aligned with an invisible grid when they are drawn, moved, or resized in the specified document.

Determines if Microsoft Word automatically aligns AutoShapes or East Asian characters with invisible gridlines that go through the vertical and horizontal edges of other AutoShapes or East Asian characters in the specified document.

Determines if spelling has been checked throughout the specified range or document.

Returns a ProofreadingErrors collection that represents the words identified as spelling errors in the specified document or range.

Returns a StoryRanges collection that represents all the stories in the specified document.

Returns a Styles collection for the specified document.

Returns a StyleSheets object that represents the Web style sheets attached to a document.

Returns or sets the sort method to use when sorting styles in the Styles task pane. Read/write.

Returns a Subdocuments collection that represents all the subdocuments in the specified range or document.

Returns or sets the length of the summary as a percentage of the document length.

Returns or sets the way a summary is displayed.

Returns a Tables collection that represents all the tables in the specified document.

Returns a TablesOfAuthorities collection that represents the tables of authorities in the specified document.

Returns a TablesOfAuthoritiesCategories collection that represents the available tables of authorities categories for the specified document.

Returns a TablesOfContents collection that represents the tables of contents in the specified document.

Returns a TablesOfFigures collection that represents the tables of figures in the specified document.

Returns or sets the code page, or character set, that Microsoft Word uses for a document saved as an encoded text file.

Returns or sets a WdLineEndingType constant indicating how Microsoft Word marks the line and paragraph breaks in documents saved as text files.

Returns or sets a Boolean that represents whether to track formatting changes when change tracking is turned on. Read/write.

Returns or sets aBoolean that represents whether to mark moved text when Track Changes is turned on. Read/write.

Determines if changes are tracked in the specified document.

Returns the document type (template or document).

Determines if the styles in the specified document are updated to match the styles in the attached template each time the document is opened.

Returns or sets a Boolean that represents whether to use the default math settings when creating new equations. Read/write.

Determines if the document or application was created or opened by the user.

Returns a Variables collection that represents the variables stored in the specified document.

Determines if the Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) project for the specified document has been digitally signed.

Returns the VBProject object for the specified template or document.

Returns a Versions collection that represents all the versions of the specified document.

Returns the WebOptions object, which contains document-level attributes used by Microsoft Word when you save a document as a Web page or open a Web page.

Returns a Windows collection that represents all windows for the specified document (for example, Sales.doc:1 and Sales.doc:2).

Returns the flat XML format for the Word Open XML contents of the document. Read-only.

Returns a Words collection that represents all the words in a document.

Sets a password for saving changes to the specified document.

Determines if the specified document is protected with a write password.

This object, member, or enumeration is deprecated and is not intended to be used in your code.

This object, member, or enumeration is deprecated and is not intended to be used in your code.

This object, member, or enumeration is deprecated and is not intended to be used in your code.

Returns or sets a String that specifies the path and file name for the Extensible Stylesheet Language Transformation (XSLT) to apply when a user saves a document.

Returns an XMLSchemaReferences collection that represents the schemas attached to a document.

This object, member, or enumeration is deprecated and is not intended to be used in your code.

Returns or sets a Boolean that represents whether error message text is generated from the built-in Microsoft Word error messages or from the Microsoft XML Core Services (MSXML) 5.0 component included with Office.

Returns a Boolean that represents whether to save a document through an Extensible Stylesheet Language Transformation (XSLT).

Accepts all tracked changes in the specified document.

Accepts all revisions in the specified document that are displayed on the screen.

Activates the specified object.

Reserved for internal use.

Reserved for internal use.

Creates a shortcut to the document or hyperlink and adds it to the Favorites folder.

Applies a document theme to a document.

Changes the set of quick styles listed.

Applies the specified Quick Style set to the document.

Applies a theme to an open document.

Automatically formats a document.

Creates an automatic summary of the specified document, and returns a Range object.

Determines if Microsoft Word can check in a specified document to a server.

Searches all text in a Japanese language document and displays instances where character usage is inconsistent for the same words.

Begins a spelling and grammar check for the specified document or range.

Returns a document from a local computer to a server, and sets the local document to read-only so that it cannot be edited locally.

Puts a document on a server from a local computer, and sets the local document to read-only so that it cannot be edited locally.

Accesses the Microsoft Office Web site for available smart tag recognizer and action files.

Begins a spelling check for the specified document or range.

Closes the specified document or documents.

Switches the specified document from print preview to the previous view. If the specified document isn't in print preview, an error occurs.

Displays revision marks that indicate where the specified document differs from another document.

Reserved for internal use.

Reserved for internal use.

Returns a statistic based on the contents of the specified document.

Converts file to the newest file format and enables all new features.

Converts hyphens created by automatic hyphenation to manual hyphens.

Changes the list numbers and LISTNUM fields in the specified object to text.

Reconverts a Vietnamese document to Unicode using a code page other than the default.

Copies styles from the specified template to a document.

Returns the number of bulleted or numbered items and LISTNUM fields in the specified object.

Creates and returns a LetterContent object based on the specified letter elements.

Displays the Data Form dialog box, in which you can add, delete, or modify data records.

Deletes all comments from the Comments collection in a document.

Deletes all revisions in a specified document that are displayed on the screen.

Deletes permissions in all ranges for which the specified user or group of users has permission to modify.

Deletes all handwritten ink annotations in a document.

Analyzes the specified text to determine the language that it is written in.

Downgrades a document to the Word 97-2003 document format so that it can be edited in a previous version of Microsoft Office Word.

Reserved for internal use.

Reserved for internal use.

Reserved for internal use.

Reserved for internal use.

This object, member, or enumeration is deprecated and is not intended to be used in your code.

Terminates a review of a file that has been sent for review using the SendForReview(Object, Object, Object, Object) method or that has been automatically placed in a review cycle by sending a document to another user in an e-mail message.

Saves a document as PDF or XPS format.

Decreases the font size of text just enough so that the document will fit on one fewer pages.

Displays a cached document if it's already been downloaded. Otherwise, this method resolves the hyperlink, downloads the target document, and displays the document in the appropriate application.

This object, member, or enumeration is deprecated and is not intended to be used in your code.

In Web view, fixes the layout of the document as it currently appears so that line breaks remain fixed and ink annotations do not move when you resize the window.

Returns an array of items that can be cross-referenced based on the specified cross-reference type.

Retrieves letter elements from the specified document and returns a LetterContent object.

Returns the workflow tasks assigned to a document.

Returns the workflow templates attached to a document.

Returns a Range object that represents the start position of the specified item.

Locks the file on the server preventing anyone else from editing it.

Sets the compatibility options on the Compatibility tab in the Options dialog box (Tools menu) as the default settings for new documents.

Initiates manual hyphenation of a document, one line at a time. The user is prompted to accept or decline suggested hyphenations.

Merges the changes marked with revision marks from one document to another.

Reserved for internal use.

Posts the specified document to a public folder in Microsoft Exchange. This method displays the Send to Exchange Folder dialog box so that a folder can be selected.

Opens PowerPoint with the specified Word document loaded.

Prints all or part of the specified document.

Reserved for internal use.

Reserved for internal use.

Switches the view to print preview.

Helps to protect the specified document from changes. When a document is protected, users can make only limited changes, such as adding annotations, making revisions, or completing a form.

Reserved for internal use.

Returns a Range object by using the specified starting and ending character positions.

Removes smart tags recognized by the grammar checker and rechecks the document content against all smart tag recognizers.

Redoes the last action that was undone (reverses the Undo(Object) method). Returns True if the actions were redone successfully.

Rejects all tracked changes in the specified document.

Rejects all revisions in a document that are displayed on the screen.

Reloads a cached document by resolving the hyperlink to the document and downloading it.

Reloads a document based on an HTML document, using the specified document encoding.

Removes sensitive information, properties, comments, and other metadata from a document.

Reserved for internal use.

Purges a document of locked styles when formatting restrictions have been applied in a document.

Removes numbers or bullets from the specified object.

Removes all smart tag information from a document.

Removes the active theme from the current document.

Repaginates the entire document.

This object, member, or enumeration is deprecated and is not intended to be used in your code.

This object, member, or enumeration is deprecated and is not intended to be used in your code.

Sends an e-mail message to the author of a document that has been sent out for review, notifying them that a reviewer has completed review of the document.

Clears all form fields in a document, preparing the form to be filled in again.

Returns the active document to the last saved reading position, and returns an integer that represents that position.

Routes the specified document, using the document's current routing slip.

Runs an auto macro that's stored in the specified document. If the specified auto macro doesn't exist, nothing happens.

Runs the Letter Wizard on the specified document.

Saves the specified document. If the document hasn't been saved before, the Save As dialog box prompts the user for a file name.

Saves the specified document with a new name or format. Some of the arguments for this method correspond to the options in the Save Asdialog box (File menu).

Saves the specified document with a new name or format. Some of the arguments for this method correspond to the options in the Save As dialog box (File tab).

Reserved for internal use.

Saves the group of quick styles currently in use.

Reserved for internal use.

Selects the specified object.

Selects all ranges for which the specified user or group of users has permission to modify.

Returns a ContentControls collection that represents all the content controls in a document with the tag value specified in the Tag parameter. Read-only.

Returns a ContentControls collection that represents all the content controls in a document with the title specified in the Title parameter. Read-only.

Returns a ContentControls collection that represents all content controls in a document that are linked to the specific custom XML node in the document's XML data store as specified by the Node parameter. Read-only.

Returns an XMLNodes collection that represents all the specified nodes in the order in which they appear in the document.

Returns an XMLNode object that represents a node in the specified document.

Returns all of the content controls in a document that are not linked to an XML node in the document's XML data store. Read-only.

Sends the specified document as a fax, without any user interaction.

Sends a document to a fax service provider, who faxes the document to one or more specified recipients.

Sends a document in an e-mail message for review by the specified recipients.

Opens a message window for sending the specified document through Microsoft Exchange.

This object, member, or enumeration is deprecated and is not intended to be used in your code.

Sets the compatibility mode for the document.

Specifies the table style to use for newly created tables in a document.

Inserts the contents of the specified LetterContent object into a document.

Sets the options Microsoft Word uses for encrypting documents with passwords.

Toggles form design mode on or off.

Applies the specified Extensible Stylesheet Language Transformation (XSLT) file to the specified document and replaces the document with the results.

Undoes the last action or a sequence of actions, which are displayed in the Undo list. Returns True if the actions were successfully undone.

Clears the list of actions that can be undone for the specified document. Corresponds to the list of items that appears when you click the arrow beside the Undo button on the Standard toolbar.

Reverses the effect of UnfreezeLayout(), and enables line breaks to change and ink annotations to move when you resize the Web browser window.

Removes protection from the specified document. If the document isn't protected, this method generates an error.

Copies all styles from the attached template into the document, overwriting any existing styles in the document that have the same name.

This object, member, or enumeration is deprecated and is not intended to be used in your code.

Displays the code window for the selected ActiveX control in the specified document.

Displays the property window for the selected ActiveX control in the specified document.

Displays a preview of the current document as it would look if saved as a Web page.

Occurs when you insert a building block into a document.

Occurs when a document is closed.

Occurs after adding a content control to a document.

Occurs before updating the content in a content control, only when the content comes from the Office XML data store.

Occurs before removing a content control from a document.

Occurs before updating the document's XML data store with the value of a content control.

Occurs when a user enters a content control.

Occurs when a user leaves a content control.

Occurs when a new document based on the template is created.

Occurs when a document is opened.

Occurs when the local copy of a document that is part of a Document Workspace is synchronized with the copy on the server.

Occurs when a user adds a new XML element to a document.

Occurs when a user deletes an XML element from a document.