Range.GoTo Method

Word Developer Reference

Returns a Range object that represents the start position of the specified item, such as a page, bookmark, or field.

Syntax

expression.GoTo(What, Which, Count, Name)

expression   Required. A variable that represents a Range object.

Parameters

Name Required/Optional Data Type Description
What Optional Variant The kind of item to which the range is moved. Can be one of the WdGoToItem constants.
Which Optional Variant The item to which the range is moved. Can be one of the WdGoToDirection constants.
Count Optional Variant The number of the item in the document. The default value is 1. Only positive values are valid. To specify an item that precedes the range, use wdGoToPrevious as the Which argument and specify a Count value.
Name Optional Variant If the What argument is wdGoToBookmark, wdGoToComment, wdGoToField, or wdGoToObject, this argument specifies a name. Only positive values are valid. To specify an item that precedes the range, use wdGoToPrevious as the Which argument and specify a Count value.

Return Value

Remarks

The following example moves the range up two lines.

Visual Basic for Applications
  ActiveDocument.Range.GoTo What:=wdGoToLine, Which:=wdGoToPrevious, Count:=2

The following example moves to the next DATE field.

Visual Basic for Applications
  ActiveDocument.Range.GoTo What:=wdGoToField, Name:="Date"

The following example moves the range to the fourth line in the document.

Visual Basic for Applications
  ActiveDocument.Range.GoTo What:=wdGoToLine, Which:=wdGoToAbsolute, Count:=4

The following examples are functionally equivalent; they both move the range to the first heading in the document.

Visual Basic for Applications
  ActiveDocument.Range.GoTo What:=wdGoToHeading, Which:=wdGoToFirst
ActiveDocument.Range.GoTo What:=wdGoToHeading, Which:=wdGoToAbsolute, Count:=1

When you use the GoTo method with the wdGoToGrammaticalError, wdGoToProofreadingError, or wdGoToSpellingError constant, the Range that is returned includes any grammar error text or spelling error text.

Example

This example moves the insertion point just before the fifth endnote reference mark in the active document.

Visual Basic for Applications
  If ActiveDocument.Endnotes.Count >= 5 Then
    ActiveDocument.Range.GoTo What:=wdGoToEndnote, _
        Which:=wdGoToAbsolute, Count:=5
End If

This example sets R1 equal to the first footnote reference mark in the active document.

Visual Basic for Applications
  If ActiveDocument.Footnotes.Count >= 1 Then
    Set R1 = ActiveDocument.Range.GoTo(What:=wdGoToFootnote, _
        Which:=wdGoToFirst)
    R1.Expand Unit:=wdCharacter
End If

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