CurrentColumn Property

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Applies to: TextSelection object

Gets the column where the insertion point is.

Syntax

object**.CurrentColumn**

Parameters

object

An expression that evaluates to a TextSelection object.

Remarks

The CurrentColumn property has the Long type.

A selection is a single point (the insertion point) or a contiguous range of text. If the TextSelection object represents a contiguous range of selected text, the CurrentColumn and CurrentLine properties indicate the active end of the selection. This is the point where the user stopped dragging the mouse.

The status bar also shows the location of the insertion point.

Example

The following example gets the number of the column containing the insertion point:

Dim ColNum
ColNum = ActiveDocument.Selection.CurrentColumn