DocumentBase.Characters Property
Gets a Characters collection that represents the characters in the document.
Namespace: Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word
Assembly: Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word.v4.0.Utilities (in Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word.v4.0.Utilities.dll)
Syntax
'Declaration
Public ReadOnly Property Characters As Characters
public Characters Characters { get; }
Property Value
Type: Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.Characters
A Characters collection that represents the characters in the document.
Examples
The following code example adds text to the first paragraph and then shows a message box that displays the total number of characters in the document. To use this example, run it from the ThisDocument class in a document-level project.
Private Sub DocumentCharacters()
Me.Paragraphs(1).Range.InsertParagraphAfter()
Me.Paragraphs(1).Range.Text = "This is sample text."
MessageBox.Show("Total characters in document: " & Me.Characters.Count)
End Sub
private void DocumentCharacters()
{
this.Paragraphs[1].Range.InsertParagraphAfter();
this.Paragraphs[1].Range.Text = "This is sample text.";
MessageBox.Show("Total characters in document: " + this.Characters.Count);
}
.NET Framework Security
- Full trust for the immediate caller. This member cannot be used by partially trusted code. For more information, see Using Libraries from Partially Trusted Code.