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Global.ActiveWindow property (Word)

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Returns a Window object that represents the active window (the window with the focus). Read-only.

Syntax

expression.ActiveWindow

expression A variable that represents a 'Global' object.

Remarks

If there are no windows open, using this property causes an error.

Example

This example displays the caption text for the active window.

Sub WindowCaption() 
 MsgBox ActiveDocument.ActiveWindow.Caption 
End Sub

This example opens a new window for the active window of the active document and then tiles all the windows.

Sub WindowTiled() 
 Dim wndTileWindow As Window 
 
 Set wndTileWindow = ActiveDocument.ActiveWindow.NewWindow 
 Windows.Arrange ArrangeStyle:=wdTiled 
End Sub

This example splits the first document window.

Sub WindowSplit() 
 Documents(1).ActiveWindow.Split = True 
End Sub

See also

Global Object

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