Represents a window. Many document characteristics, such as scroll bars and rulers, are actually properties of the window.

Methods

Name Description
Activate Activates the specified window.
Close Closes the specified window.
GetPoint Returns the screen coordinates of the specified range or shape.
LargeScroll Scrolls a window or pane by the specified number of screens.
NewWindow Opens a new window with the same document as the specified window. Returns a Window object.
PageScroll Scrolls through the specified pane or window page by page.
PrintOut Prints all or part of the document displayed in the specified window.
RangeFromPoint Returns the Range or Shape object that is located at the point specified by the screen position coordinate pair.
ScrollIntoView Scrolls through the document window so the specified range or shape is displayed in the document window.
SetFocus Sets the focus of the specified document window to the body of an e-mail message.
SmallScroll Scrolls a window or pane by the specified number of lines.
ToggleRibbon Shows or hides the ribbon.
ToggleShowAllReviewers Shows or hides all comments in a document that contains comments and tracked changes.

Properties

Name Description
Active True if the specified window is active. Read-only Boolean.
ActivePane Returns a Pane object that represents the active pane for the specified window. Read-only.
Application Returns an Application object that represents the Microsoft OfficeWord application.
Caption Returns or sets the caption text for the window that is displayed in the title bar of the document or application window. Read/write String.
Creator Returns a 32-bit integer that indicates the application in which the specified object was created. Read-only Long.
DisplayHorizontalScrollBar True if a horizontal scroll bar is displayed for the specified window. Read/write Boolean.
DisplayLeftScrollBar True if the vertical scroll bar appears on the left side of the document window. Read/write Boolean.
DisplayRightRuler True if the vertical ruler appears on the right side of the document window in print layout view. Read/write Boolean.
DisplayRulers True if rulers are displayed for the specified window or pane. Read/write Boolean.
DisplayScreenTips True if comments, footnotes, endnotes, and hyperlinks are displayed as tips. Read/write Boolean.
DisplayVerticalRuler True if a vertical ruler is displayed for the specified window or pane. Read/write Boolean.
DisplayVerticalScrollBar True if a vertical scroll bar is displayed for the specified window. Read/write Boolean.
Document Returns a Document object associated with the specified pane, window, or selection. Read-only.
DocumentMap True if the document map is visible. Read/write Boolean.
DocumentMapPercentWidth Returns or sets the width of the document map as a percentage of the width of the specified window. Read/write Long.
EnvelopeVisible True if the e-mail message header is visible in the document window. The default value is False. Read/write Boolean.
Height Returns or sets the height of the window. Read/write Long.
HorizontalPercentScrolled Returns or sets the horizontal scroll position as a percentage of the document width. Read/write Long.
IMEMode Returns or sets the default start-up mode for the Japanese Input Method Editor (IME). Read/write WdIMEMode.
Index Returns a Long that represents the position of an item in a collection. Read-only.
Left Returns or sets a Long that represents the horizontal position of the specified window, measured in points. Read/write.
Next Returns the next document window in the collection of open document windows. Read-only.
Panes Returns a Panes collection that represents all the window panes for the specified window.
Parent Returns an Object that represents the parent object of the specified Window object.
Previous Returns the previous document window in the collection open document windows. Read-only.
Selection Returns the Selection object that represents a selected range or the insertion point. Read-only.
ShowSourceDocuments Returns or sets a WdShowSourceDocuments constant that represents how Microsoft Office Word displays source documents after a compare and merge process. Read/write.
Split True if the window is split into multiple panes. Read/write Boolean.
SplitVertical Returns or sets the vertical split percentage for the specified window. Read/write Long.
StyleAreaWidth Returns or sets the width of the style area in points. Read/write Single.
Thumbnails Sets or returns a Boolean that represents whether thumbnail images of the pages in a document are displayed along the left side of the Microsoft Word document window.
Top Returns or sets the vertical position of the specified document window, in points. Read/write Long.
Type Returns the window type. Read-only WdWindowType.
UsableHeight Returns the height (in points) of the active working area in the specified document window. Read-only Long.
UsableWidth Returns the width (in points) of the active working area in the specified document window. Read-only Long.
VerticalPercentScrolled Returns or sets the vertical scroll position as a percentage of the document length. Read/write Long.
View Returns a View object that represents the view for the specified window or pane.
Visible True if the specified object is visible. Read/write Boolean.
Width Returns or sets the width of the specified document window, in points. Read/write Long.
WindowNumber Returns the window number of the document displayed in the specified window. For example, if the caption of the window is "Sales.doc:2", this property returns the number 2. Read-only Long.
WindowState Returns or sets the state of the specified document window or task window. Read/write WdWindowState.