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Range.Kana Property

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Returns or sets whether the specified range of Japanese language text is hiragana or katakana. Read/write WdKana.

Syntax

expression.Kana

expression   Required. A variable that represents a Range object.

Remarks

This property returns wdUndefined if the range contains a mix of hiragana and katakana or if the range contains some non-Japanese text. If you set the Kana property to wdUndefined, an error occurs.

Example

This example displays what type of Japanese text the current selection contains.

Visual Basic for Applications 
  Select Case Selection.Range.Kana
    Case wdKanaHiragana
        MsgBox "This text is hiragana."
    Case wdKanaKatakana
        MsgBox "This text is katakana."
    Case wdUndefined
        MsgBox "This text is a mix of " _
            & "hiragana and katakana."
End Select

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