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Represents the Microsoft Office Word application.

The _Application type exposes the following members.

Methods

  Name Description
Public method Activate Activates the specified object.
Public method AddAddress Adds an entry to the address book.
Public method AutomaticChange Performs an AutoFormat action when there's a change suggested by the Office Assistant.
Public method BuildKeyCode Returns a unique number for the specified key combination.
Public method CentimetersToPoints Converts a measurement from centimeters to points (1 cm = 28.35 points).
Public method ChangeFileOpenDirectory Sets the folder in which Microsoft Word searches for documents.
Public method CheckGrammar Checks a string for grammatical errors.
Public method CheckSpelling Checks a string for spelling errors.
Public method CleanString Removes nonprinting characters (character codes 1 – 29) and special Microsoft Word characters from the specified string or changes them to spaces (character code 32).
Public method CompareDocuments Compares two documents and returns a _Document object that represents the document that contains the differences between the two documents, marked using tracked changes.
Public method DDEExecute Sends a command or series of commands to an application through the specified dynamic data exchange (DDE) channel.
Public method DDEInitiate Opens a dynamic data exchange (DDE) channel to another application, and returns the channel number.
Public method DDEPoke Uses an open dynamic data exchange (DDE) channel to send data to an application.
Public method DDERequest Uses an open dynamic data exchange (DDE) channel to request information from the receiving application, and returns the information as a string.
Public method DDETerminate Closes the specified dynamic data exchange (DDE) channel to another application.
Public method DDETerminateAll Closes all dynamic data exchange (DDE) channels opened by Microsoft Word.
Public method DefaultWebOptions Returns the DefaultWebOptions object that contains global application-level attributes used by Microsoft Word whenever you save a document as a Web page or open a Web page.
Public method DiscussionSupport Reserved for internal use.
Public method Dummy2 Reserved for internal use.
Public method Dummy4 Reserved for internal use.
Public method GetAddress Returns an address from the default address book.
Public method GetDefaultTheme Returns a String that represents the name of the default theme plus the theme formatting options Microsoft Word uses for new documents, e-mail messages, or Web pages.
Public method GetSpellingSuggestions Returns a SpellingSuggestions collection that represents the words suggested as spelling replacements for a given word.
Public method GoBack Moves the insertion point among the last three locations where editing occurred in the active document.
Public method GoForward Moves the insertion point forward among the last three locations where editing occurred in the active document.
Public method Help Displays on-line Help information.
Public method HelpTool Changes the pointer from an arrow to a question mark, indicating that you'll get context-sensitive Help information about the next command or screen element you click.
Public method InchesToPoints Converts a measurement from inches to points (1 inch = 72 points).
Public method Keyboard Returns or sets the keyboard language and layout settings.
Public method KeyboardBidi Sets the keyboard language to a right-to-left language and the text entry direction to right-to-left.
Public method KeyboardLatin Sets the keyboard language to a left-to-right language and the text entry direction to left-to-right.
Public method KeyString Returns the key combination string for the specified keys (for example, CTRL+SHIFT+A).
Public method LinesToPoints Converts a measurement from lines to points (1 line = 12 points).
Public method ListCommands Creates a new document and then inserts a table of Microsoft Word commands along with their associated shortcut keys and menu assignments.
Public method LoadMasterList Loads a bibliography source file.
Public method LookupNameProperties Looks up a name in the global address book list and displays the Properties dialog box, which includes information about the specified name.
Public method MergeDocuments Compares two documents and returns a _Document object that represents the document that contains the differences between the two documents, marked using tracked changes.
Public method MillimetersToPoints Converts a measurement from millimeters to points (1 mm = 2.85 points).
Public method MountVolume This member is for Macintosh only and should not be used.
Public method Move Positions a task window or the active document window.
Public method NewWindow Opens a new window with the same document as the specified window.
Public method NextLetter This member is for Macintosh only and should not be used.
Public method OnTime Starts a background timer that runs a macro at a specified time.
Public method OrganizerCopy Copies the specified AutoText entry, toolbar, style, or macro project item from the source document or template to the destination document or template.
Public method OrganizerDelete Deletes the specified style, AutoText entry, toolbar, or macro project item from a document or template.
Public method OrganizerRename Renames the specified style, AutoText entry, toolbar, or macro project item in a document or template.
Public method PicasToPoints Converts a measurement from picas to points (1 pica = 12 points).
Public method PixelsToPoints Converts a measurement from pixels to points.
Public method PointsToCentimeters Converts a measurement from points to centimeters (1 centimeter = 28.35 points).
Public method PointsToInches Converts a measurement from points to inches (1 inch = 72 points).
Public method PointsToLines Converts a measurement from points to lines (1 line = 12 points).
Public method PointsToMillimeters Converts a measurement from points to millimeters (1 millimeter = 2.835 points).
Public method PointsToPicas Converts a measurement from points to picas (1 pica = 12 points).
Public method PointsToPixels Converts a measurement from points to pixels.
Public method PrintOut Prints all or part of the specified document.
Public method PrintOut2000 Reserved for internal use.
Public method PrintOutOld Reserved for internal use.
Public method ProductCode Returns the Microsoft Word globally unique identifier (GUID) as a String.
Public method PutFocusInMailHeader Places the insertion point in the To line of the mail header if the document in the active window is an e-mail document.
Public method Quit Quits Microsoft Word and optionally saves or routes the open documents.
Public method Repeat Repeats the most recent editing action one or more times.
Public method ResetIgnoreAll Clears the list of words that were previously ignored during a spelling check.
Public method Resize Sizes the Microsoft Word application window or the specified task window.
Public method Run Runs a Visual Basic macro.
Public method RunOld Reserved for internal use.
Public method ScreenRefresh Updates the display on the monitor with the current information in the video memory buffer.
Public method SendFax Starts the Fax Wizard.
Public method SetDefaultTheme Sets a default theme for Microsoft Word to use with new documents, e-mail messages, or Web pages.
Public method ShowClipboard Displays the Clipboard task pane.
Public method ShowMe Displays the Office Assistant or the Help window when there's more information available.
Public method SubstituteFont Sets font-mapping options, which are reflected in theFont Substitution dialog box (Compatibility tab, Options dialog box, Tools menu).
Public method ThreeWayMerge Reserved for internal use.
Public method ToggleKeyboard Switches the keyboard language setting between right-to-left and left-to-right languages.

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Properties

  Name Description
Public property ActiveDocument Returns a Document object that represents the active document.
Public property ActiveEncryptionSession Returns a Integer that represents the encryption session associated with the active document. Read-only.
Public property ActivePrinter Returns or sets the name of the active printer.
Public property ActiveProtectedViewWindow Gets a ProtectedViewWindow object that represents the active protected view window.
Public property ActiveWindow Returns a Window object that represents the active window.
Public property AddIns Returns a AddIns collection that represents all available add-ins, regardless of whether they're currently loaded.
Public property AnswerWizard Returns a AnswerWizard object that contains the files used by the online Help search engine.
Public property Application Returns a Application object that represents the Microsoft Word application.
Public property ArbitraryXMLSupportAvailable Returns a Boolean that represents whether Microsoft Word accepts custom XML schemas. Returns True if Word accepts custom XML schemas, or False if schemas are not accepted.
Public property Assistance Returns an IAssistance object that represents the Microsoft Office Help Viewer. Read-only.
Public property Assistant Returns a Assistant object that represents the Microsoft Office Assistant.
Public property AutoCaptions Returns a AutoCaptions collection that represents the captions that are automatically added when items such as tables and pictures are inserted into a document.
Public property AutoCorrect Returns a AutoCorrect object that contains the current AutoCorrect options, entries, and exceptions.
Public property AutoCorrectEmail Returns a AutoCorrect object that represents automatic corrections made to e-mail messages.
Public property AutomationSecurity Returns or sets a MsoAutomationSecurity constant that represents the security setting Microsoft Word uses when programmatically opening files.
Public property BackgroundPrintingStatus Returns the number of print jobs in the background printing queue.
Public property BackgroundSavingStatus Returns the number of files queued up to be saved in the background.
Public property Bibliography Returns a Bibliography object that represents the bibliography references sources stored in Microsoft Office Word. Read-only.
Public property BrowseExtraFileTypes Set this property to "text/html" to allow hyperlinked HTML files to be opened in Microsoft Word (instead of the default Internet browser).
Public property Browser Returns a Browser object that represents the Select Browse Object tool on the vertical scroll bar.
Public property Build Returns the version and build number of the Word application.
Public property BuildFeatureCrew Reserved for internal use.
Public property BuildFull Reserved for internal use.
Public property CapsLock Determines if the CAPS LOCK key is turned on. Returns True if the CAPS LOCK key is turned on, and False if it is not.
Public property Caption Returns or sets the caption text for the specified document or application window.
Public property CaptionLabels Returns a CaptionLabels collection that represents all the available caption labels.
Public property CheckLanguage Determines if Microsoft Word automatically detects the language you are using as you type. Returns True if Microsoft Word automatically detects the language you are using as you type, and False if it does not automatically detect the language.
Public property COMAddIns Returns a reference to the COMAddIns collection that represents all the Component Object Model (COM) add-ins currently loaded in Microsoft Word.
Public property CommandBars Returns a CommandBars collection that represents the menu bar and all the toolbars in Microsoft Word.
Public property Creator Returns a 32-bit integer that indicates the application in which the specified object was created.
Public property CustomDictionaries Returns a Dictionaries object that represents the collection of active custom dictionaries. Active custom dictionaries are marked with a check in the Custom Dictionariesdialog box.
Public property CustomizationContext Returns or sets a Template or Document object that represents the template or document in which changes to menu bars, toolbars, and key bindings are stored.
Public property DefaultLegalBlackline Determines if Microsoft Word will compare and merge documents using the Legal blackline option in the Compare and Merge Documents dialog box. Returns True if Word will use the option, and False if not.
Public property DefaultSaveFormat Returns or sets the default format that will appear in the Save as type box in the Save As dialog box (File menu).
Public property DefaultTableSeparator Returns or sets the single character used to separate text into cells when text is converted to a table.
Public property Dialogs Returns a Dialogs collection that represents all the built-in dialog boxes in Microsoft Word.
Public property DisplayAlerts Returns or sets the way certain alerts and messages are handled while a macro is running.
Public property DisplayAutoCompleteTips Determines if Microsoft Word displays tips that suggest text for completing words, dates, or phrases as you type.
Public property DisplayDocumentInformationPanel Returns or sets a Boolean that represents whether the document properties panel is displayed. Read/write.
Public property DisplayRecentFiles Determines if the names of recently used files are displayed on the File menu.
Public property DisplayScreenTips Determines if comments, footnotes, endnotes, and hyperlinks are displayed as tips. Text marked as having comments is highlighted.
Public property DisplayScrollBars Determines if Word displays a scroll bar in at least one document window.
Public property DisplayStatusBar Determines if the status bar is displayed.
Public property Documents Returns a Documents collection that represents all the open documents.
Public property DontResetInsertionPointProperties Returns or sets a Boolean that represents whether Microsoft Office Word maintains the formatting properties of the text at that position of the Insertion Point after running other code. Read/write.
Public property Dummy1 Reserved for internal use.
Public property EmailOptions Returns an EmailOptions object that represents the global preferences for e-mail authoring.
Public property EmailTemplate Returns or sets a String that represents the document template to use when sending e-mail messages.
Public property EnableCancelKey Returns or sets the way that Word handles CTRL+BREAK user interruptions.
Public property FeatureInstall Returns or sets how Microsoft Word handles calls to methods and properties that require features not yet installed.
Public property FileConverters Returns a FileConverters collection that represents all the file converters available to Microsoft Word.
Public property FileDialog Returns a FileDialog object which represents a single instance of a file dialog box.
Public property FileSearch Returns a FileSearch object that can be used to search for files using either an absolute or relative path.
Public property FileValidation Gets or sets how Word will validate files before opening them.
Public property FindKey Returns a KeyBindings object that represents the specified key combination.
Public property FocusInMailHeader Determines if the insertion point is in an e-mail header field.
Public property FontNames Returns a FontNames object that includes the names of all the available fonts.
Public property HangulHanjaDictionaries Returns a HangulHanjaConversionDictionaries collection that represents all the active custom conversion dictionaries.
Public property Height Returns or sets the height of the active document window.
Public property International Returns information about the current country/region and international settings.
Public property IsObjectValid Determines if the specified variable that references an object is valid.
Public property IsSandboxed Gets whether the application window is a protected view window.
Public property KeyBindings Returns a KeyBindings collection that represents customized key assignments, which include a key code, a key category, and a command.
Public property KeysBoundTo Returns a KeysBoundTo object that represents all the key combinations assigned to the specified item.
Public property LandscapeFontNames Returns a FontNames object that includes the names of all the available landscape fonts.
Public property Language Returns an MsoLanguageID constant that represents the language selected for the Microsoft Word user interface.
Public property Languages Returns a Languages collection that represents the proofing languages listed in the Language dialog box.
Public property LanguageSettings Returns a LanguageSettings object, which contains information about the language settings in Microsoft Word.
Public property Left Returns or sets an Integer that represents the horizontal position of the active document (for the Application object) or the specified task or window, measured in points.
Public property ListGalleries Returns a ListGalleries collection that represents the three list template galleries (Bulleted, Numbered, and Outline Numbered).
Public property MacroContainer Returns a Template or Document object that represents the template or document in which the module that contains the running procedure is stored.
Public property MailingLabel Returns a MailingLabel object that represents a mailing label.
Public property MailMessage Returns a MailMessage object that represents the active e-mail message.
Public property MailSystem Returns the mail system (or systems) installed on the host machine.
Public property MAPIAvailable Determines if MAPI is installed. This property returns True if MAPI is installed, and False if not.
Public property MathCoprocessorAvailable Determines if a math coprocessor is installed and available to Microsoft Word. This property returns True if a math coprocessor is installed and available to Microsoft Word, and False if not.
Public property MouseAvailable Determines if there's a mouse available for the system. This property returns True if there's a mouse available for the system, and False if not.
Public property Name Returns or sets the name of the specified object.
Public property NewDocument Returns a NewFile object that represents a document listed on the New Document task pane.
Public property NormalTemplate Returns a Template object that represents the Normal template.
Public property NumLock Returns the state of the NUM LOCK key. Returns True if the keys on the numeric keypad insert numbers, and False if the keys move the insertion point.
Public property OMathAutoCorrect Returns the auto correct entries for equations. Read-only.
Public property OpenAttachmentsInFullScreen Returns or sets a Boolean that represents whether Microsoft Office Word opens e-mail attachments in Reading mode. Read/write.
Public property Options Returns an Options object that represents application settings in Microsoft Word.
Public property Parent Returns an object that represents the parent object of the specified object.
Public property Path Returns the disk or Web path to the specified object.
Public property PathSeparator Returns the character used to separate folder names.
Public property PickerDialog Gets a PickerDialog object that provides the functionality to select people or data in a dialog box.
Public property PortraitFontNames Returns a FontNames object that includes the names of all the available portrait fonts.
Public property PrintPreview Determines if print preview is the current view. This property returns True if print preview is the current view, and False if not.
Public property ProtectedViewWindows Gets a ProtectedViewWindows collection that represents all protected view windows.
Public property RecentFiles Returns a RecentFiles collection that represents the most recently accessed files.
Public property RestrictLinkedStyles Returns or sets a Boolean that represents whether Microsoft Office Word allows linked styles. Read/write.
Public property ScreenUpdating Determines if screen updating is turned on. Returns True if screen updating is turned on, and False if not.
Public property Selection Returns the Selection object that represents a selected range or the insertion point.
Public property ShowStartupDialog Determines if the Task Pane will be displayed when starting Microsoft Word.
Public property ShowStylePreviews Returns or sets a Boolean that represents whether Microsoft Office Word shows a preview of the formatting for styles in the Styles dialog box. Read/write.
Public property ShowVisualBasicEditor Determines if the Visual Basic Editor window is visible. This property returns True if the Visual Basic Editor window is visible, and False if not.
Public property ShowWindowsInTaskbar Determines how opened documents are displayed.
Public property SmartArtColors Gets a SmartArtColors object that represents the set of color styles that are currently loaded in the application.
Public property SmartArtLayouts Gets a SmartArtLayouts object that represents the set of SmartArt layouts that are currently loaded in the application.
Public property SmartArtQuickStyles Gets a SmartArtQuickStyles object that represents the set of SmartArt styles that are currently loaded in the application.
Public property SmartTagRecognizers Returns a SmartTagRecognizers collection for an application.
Public property SmartTagTypes Returns a SmartTagTypes collection that represents the smart tag types for the smart tag components installed in Microsoft Word.
Public property SpecialMode Determines if Microsoft Word is in a special mode (for example, CopyText mode or MoveText mode).
Public property StartupPath Returns or sets the complete path of the startup folder, excluding the final separator.
Public property StatusBar Displays the specified text in the status bar.
Public property SynonymInfo Returns a SynonymInfo object that contains information from the thesaurus on synonyms, antonyms, or related words and expressions for the specified word or phrase.
Public property System Returns a System object, which can be used to return system-related information and perform system-related tasks.
Public property TaskPanes Returns a TaskPanes object that represents the most commonly performed tasks in Microsoft Word.
Public property Tasks Returns a Tasks collection that represents all the applications that are running.
Public property Templates Returns a Templates collection that represents all the available templates — global templates as well as those attached to open documents.
Public property Top Returns or sets the vertical position of the active document, in points.
Public property UndoRecord Gets an UndoRecord object that provides a custom entry point into the undo stack.
Public property UsableHeight Returns the maximum height (in points) to which you can set the height of a Microsoft Word document window.
Public property UsableWidth Returns the maximum width (in points) to which you can set the width of a Microsoft Word document window.
Public property UserAddress Returns or sets the user's mailing address.
Public property UserControl Determines if the document or application was created or opened by the user.
Public property UserInitials Returns or sets the user's initials, which Microsoft Word uses to construct comment marks.
Public property UserName Returns or sets the user's name, which is used on envelopes and for the Author document property.
Public property VBE Returns a VBE object that represents the Visual Basic Editor.
Public property Version Returns the Microsoft Word version number.
Public property Visible Determines if the specified object is visible. This property returns True if the specified object is visible, and False if not.
Public property Width Returns or sets the width of the specified object, in points.
Public property Windows Returns a Windows collection that represents all document windows.
Public property WindowState Returns or sets the state of the specified document window or task window.
Public property WordBasic Returns an automation object (Word.Basic) that includes methods for all the WordBasic statements and functions available in Microsoft Word version 6.0 and Word for Windows 95.
Public property XMLNamespaces Returns an XMLNamespaces collection that represents the XML schemas in the Schema Library.

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_Application Interface

Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word Namespace