Contains the view attributes (such as show all, field shading, and table gridlines) for a window or pane.

Methods

Name Description
CollapseOutline Collapses the text under the selection or the specified range by one heading level.
ExpandOutline Expands the text under the selection by one heading level.
NextHeaderFooter Moves to the next header or footer, depending on whether a header or footer is displayed in the view.
PreviousHeaderFooter Moves to the previous header or footer, depending on whether a header or footer is displayed in the view.
ShowAllHeadings Switches between showing all text (headings and body text) and showing only headings.
ShowHeading Shows all headings up to the specified heading level and hides subordinate headings and body text.

Properties

Name Description
Application Returns an Application object that represents the Microsoft Word application.
Creator Returns a 32-bit integer that indicates the application in which the specified object was created. Read-only Long.
DisplayBackgrounds Returns or sets a Boolean that represents whether background colors and images are shown when a document is displayed in print layout view.
DisplayPageBoundaries True to display the top and bottom margins (white space) and the gray area (gray space) between pages in a document. Read/write Boolean.
DisplaySmartTags True for Microsoft Word to display an underline beneath smart tags in a document. Read/write Boolean.
Draft True if all the text in a window is displayed in the same sans-serif font with minimal formatting to speed up display. Read/write Boolean.
FieldShading Returns or sets on-screen shading for fields. Read/write WdFieldShading.
FullScreen True if the window is in full-screen view. Read/write Boolean.
Magnifier True if the pointer is displayed as a magnifying glass in print preview, indicating that the user can click to zoom in on a particular area of the page or zoom out to see an entire page or spread of pages. Read/write Boolean.
MailMergeDataView True if mail merge data is displayed instead of mail merge fields in the specified window. Read/write Boolean.
MarkupMode Returns or sets a WdRevisionsMode constant that represents the display mode for tracked changes. Read/write.
Panning Returns or sets a Boolean that represents whether Microsoft Office Word is in Panning mode. Read/write.
Parent Returns an Object that represents the parent object of the specified View object.
ReadingLayout Sets or returns a Boolean that represents whether a document is being viewed in reading layout view.
ReadingLayoutActualView Sets or returns a Boolean that represents whether pages displayed in reading layout view are displayed using the same layout as printed pages.
ReadingLayoutAllowEditing Returns a Boolean that represents whether to allow editing of text in Reading Layout mode. Read/write.
ReadingLayoutAllowMultiplePages Sets or returns a Boolean that represents whether reading layout view displays two pages side by side.
ReadingLayoutTruncateMargins Returns or sets a WdReadingLayoutMargin constant that represents whether margins are visible or hidden when a document is viewed in Full Screen Reading view. Read/write.
Reviewers Returns a Reviewers object that represents all reviewers.
RevisionsBalloonShowConnectingLines True for Microsoft Word to display connecting lines from the text to the revision and comment balloons. Read/write Boolean.
RevisionsBalloonSide Sets or returns a WdRevisionsBalloonMargin constant that specifies whether Word displays revision balloons in the left or right margin in a document.
RevisionsBalloonWidth Sets or returns a Single representing the global setting in Microsoft Office Word that specifies the width of the revision balloons. Read/write.
RevisionsBalloonWidthType Sets or returns a WdRevisionsBalloonWidthType constant representing the global setting that specifies how Microsoft Word measures the width of revision balloons. Read/write.
RevisionsView Sets or returns a WdRevisionsView constant representing the global option that specifies whether Word displays the original version of a document or a version with revisions and formatting changes applied. Read/write.
SeekView Returns or sets the document element displayed in print layout view. Read/write WdSeekView.
ShadeEditableRanges Returns or sets a Long that represents whether shading is applied to the ranges in a document for which users have permission to modify.
ShowAll True if all nonprinting characters (such as hidden text, tab marks, space marks, and paragraph marks) are displayed. Read/write Boolean.
ShowAnimation True if text animation is displayed. Read/write Boolean.
ShowBookmarks True if square brackets are displayed at the beginning and end of each bookmark. Read/write Boolean.
ShowComments True for Microsoft Word to display the comments in a document. Read/write Boolean.
ShowCropMarks Returns or sets a Boolean that represents whether to show crop marks in the corners of pages to indicate where margins are located. Read/write.
ShowDrawings True if objects created with the drawing tools are displayed in print layout view. Read/write Boolean.
ShowFieldCodes True if field codes are displayed. Read/write Boolean.
ShowFirstLineOnly True if only the first line of body text is shown in outline view. Read/write Boolean.
ShowFormat True if character formatting is visible in outline view. Read/write Boolean.
ShowFormatChanges True for Microsoft Word to display formatting changes made to a document with Track Changes enabled. Read/write Boolean.
ShowHiddenText True if text formatted as hidden text is displayed. Read/write Boolean.
ShowHighlight True if highlight formatting is displayed and printed with a document. Read/write Boolean.
ShowHyphens True if optional hyphens are displayed. An optional hyphen indicates where to break a word when it falls at the end of a line. Read/write Boolean.
ShowInkAnnotations Returns or sets Boolean that shows or hides handwritten ink annotations. True displays ink annotations. False hides ink annotations.
ShowInsertionsAndDeletions True for Microsoft Word to display insertions and deletions that were made to a document with Track Changes enabled. Read/write Boolean.
ShowMainTextLayer True if the text in the specified document is visible when the header and footer areas are displayed. This property is equivalent to the Show/Hide Document Text button on the Header and Footer toolbar. Read/write Boolean.
ShowMarkupAreaHighlight Returns or sets a Boolean that represents whether the markup area that shows revision and comment balloons is shaded. Read/write.
ShowObjectAnchors True if object anchors are displayed next to items that can be positioned in print layout view. Read/write Boolean.
ShowOptionalBreaks True if Microsoft Word displays optional line breaks. Read/write Boolean.
ShowParagraphs True if paragraph marks are displayed. Read/write Boolean.
ShowPicturePlaceHolders True if blank boxes are displayed as placeholders for pictures. Read/write Boolean.
ShowRevisionsAndComments True for Microsoft Word to display revisions and comments that were made to a document with Track Changes enabled. Read/write Boolean.
ShowSpaces True if space characters are displayed. Read/write Boolean.
ShowTabs True if tab characters are displayed. Read/write Boolean.
ShowTextBoundaries True if dotted lines are displayed around page margins, text columns, objects, and frames in print layout view. Read/write Boolean.
ShowXMLMarkup Returns a Long that represents whether XML tags are visible in a document.
SplitSpecial Returns or sets the active window pane. Read/write WdSpecialPane.
TableGridlines True if table gridlines are displayed. Read/write Boolean.
Type Returns or sets the view type. Read/write WdViewType.
WrapToWindow True if lines wrap at the right edge of the document window rather than at the right margin or the right column boundary. Read/write Boolean.
Zoom Returns a Zoom object that represents the magnification for the specified view.