Document Object Members

Word Developer Reference

Represents a document. The Document object is a member of the Documents collection. The Documents collection contains all the Document objects that are currently open in Word.

Methods

	Name	Description
	AcceptAllRevisions	Accepts all tracked changes in the specified document.
	AcceptAllRevisionsShown	Accepts all revisions in the specified document that are displayed on the screen.
	Activate	Activates the specified document so that it becomes the active document.
	AddToFavorites	Creates a shortcut to the document or hyperlink and adds it to the Favorites folder.
	ApplyDocumentTheme	Applies a document theme to a document.
	ApplyQuickStyleSet	Changes the set of quick styles listed.
	ApplyTheme	Applies a theme to an open document.
	AutoFormat	Automatically formats a document.
	AutoSummarize	Creates an automatic summary of the specified document, and returns a Range object.
	CanCheckin	True if Microsoft Word can check in a specified document to a server. Read/write Boolean.
	CheckConsistency	Searches all text in a Japanese language document and displays instances where character usage is inconsistent for the same words.
	CheckGrammar	Begins a spelling and grammar check for the specified document or range.
	CheckIn	Returns a document from a local computer to a server, and sets the local document to read-only so that it cannot be edited locally.
	CheckNewSmartTags	Accesses the Microsoft Office Web site for available smart tag recognizer and action files.
	CheckSpelling	Begins a spelling check for the specified document or range.
	Close	Closes the specified document.
	ClosePrintPreview	Switches the specified document from print preview to the previous view.
	Compare	Displays revision marks that indicate where the specified document differs from another document.
	ComputeStatistics	Returns a statistic based on the contents of the specified document. Long.
	Convert	Converts file to the newest file format and enables all new features.
	ConvertNumbersToText	Changes the list numbers and LISTNUM fields in the specified Document to text.
	ConvertVietDoc	Reconverts a Vietnamese document to Unicode using a code page other than the default.
	CopyStylesFromTemplate	Copies styles from the specified template to a document.
	CountNumberedItems	Returns the number of bulleted or numbered items and LISTNUM fields in the specified Document object.
	CreateLetterContent	Creates and returns a LetterContent object based on the specified letter elements. LetterContent object.
	DataForm	Displays the Data Form dialog box, in which you can add, delete, or modify records.
	DeleteAllComments	Deletes all comments from the Comments collection in a document.
	DeleteAllCommentsShown	Deletes all revisions in a specified document that are displayed on the screen.
	DeleteAllEditableRanges	Deletes permissions in all ranges for which the specified user or group of users has permission to modify.
	DeleteAllInkAnnotations	Deletes all handwritten ink annotations in a document.
	DetectLanguage	Analyzes the specified text to determine the language that it is written in.
	DowngradeDocument	Downgrades a document to the Word 97-2003 document format so that it can be edited in a previous version of Microsoft Office Word.
	EndReview	Terminates a review of a file that has been sent for review using the SendForReview method or that has been automatically placed in a review cycle by sending a document to another user in an e-mail message.
	ExportAsFixedFormat	Saves a document as PDF or XPS format.
	FitToPages	Decreases the font size of text just enough so that the document will fit on one fewer pages.
	FollowHyperlink	Displays a cached document, if it has already been downloaded. Otherwise, this method resolves the hyperlink, downloads the target document, and displays the document in the appropriate application.
	ForwardMailer	You have requested Help for a Visual Basic keyword used only on the Macintosh. For information about the ForwardMailer method for the Document object, consult the language reference Help included with Microsoft Office Macintosh Edition.
	FreezeLayout	In Web view, fixes the layout of the document as it currently appears so that line breaks remain fixed and ink annotations do not move when you resize the window.
	GetCrossReferenceItems	Returns an array of items that can be cross-referenced based on the specified cross-reference type.
	GetLetterContent	Retrieves letter elements from the specified document and returns a LetterContent object.
	GetWorkflowTasks	Returns a WorkflowTasks collection that represents the workflow tasks assigned to a document.
	GetWorkflowTemplates	Returns a WorkflowTemplates collection that represents the workflow templates attached to a document.
	GoTo	Returns a Range object that represents the start position of the specified item, such as a page, bookmark, or field.
	LockServerFile	Locks the file on the server preventing anyone else from editing it.
	MakeCompatibilityDefault	Sets the compatibility options.
	ManualHyphenation	Initiates manual hyphenation of a document, one line at a time.
	Merge	Merges the changes marked with revision marks from one document to another.
	Post	Posts the specified document to a public folder in Microsoft Exchange.
	PresentIt	Opens PowerPoint with the specified Word document loaded.
	PrintOut	Prints all or part of the specified document.
	PrintPreview	Switches the view to print preview.
	Protect	Returns or sets the protection type for the document associated with the specified routing slip. Read/write WdProtectionType.
	Range	Returns a Range object by using the specified starting and ending character positions.
	RecheckSmartTags	Removes smart tags recognized by the grammar checker and rechecks the document content against all smart tag recognizers.
	Redo	Redoes the last action that was undone (reverses the Undo method). Returns True if the actions were redone successfully.
	RejectAllRevisions	Rejects all tracked changes in the specified document.
	RejectAllRevisionsShown	Rejects all revisions in a document that are displayed on the screen.
	Reload	Reloads a cached document by resolving the hyperlink to the document and downloading it.
	ReloadAs	Reloads a document based on an HTML document, using the specified document encoding.
	RemoveDocumentInformation	Removes sensitive information, properties, comments, and other metadata from a document.
	RemoveLockedStyles	Purges a document of locked styles when formatting restrictions have been applied in a document.
	RemoveNumbers	Removes numbers or bullets from the specified document.
	RemoveSmartTags	Removes all smart tag information from a document.
	RemoveTheme	Removes the active theme from the current document.
	Repaginate	Repaginates the entire document.
	Reply	Opens a new e-mail message — with the sender's address on the To line — for replying to the active message.
	ReplyAll	Opens a new e-mail message—with the sender’s and all other recipients' addresses on the To and Cc lines, as appropriate—for replying to the active message.
	ReplyWithChanges	Sends an e-mail message to the author of a document that has been sent out for review, notifying them that a reviewer has completed review of the document.
	ResetFormFields	Clears all form fields in a document, preparing the form to be filled in again.
	RunAutoMacro	Runs an auto macro that's stored in the specified document. If the specified auto macro doesn't exist, nothing happens.
	RunLetterWizard	Runs the Letter Wizard on the specified document.
	Save	Saves all the documents in the Documents collection.
	SaveAs	Saves the specified document with a new name or format. Some of the arguments for this method correspond to the options in the Save As dialog box (File menu).
	SaveAsQuickStyleSet	Saves the group of quick styles currently in use.
	Select	Selects the contents of the specified document.
	SelectAllEditableRanges	Selects all ranges for which the specified user or group of users has permission to modify.
	SelectContentControlsByTag	Returns a ContentControls collection that represents all the content controls in a document with the tag value specified in the Tag parameter. Read-only.
	SelectContentControlsByTitle	Returns a ContentControls collection that represents all the content controls in a document with the title specified in the Title parameter. Read-only.
	SelectLinkedControls	Returns a ContentControls collection that represents all content controls in a document that are linked to the specific custom XML node in the document's XML data store as specified by the Node parameter. Read-only.
	SelectNodes	Returns an XMLNodes collection that represents all the nodes that match the XPath parameter in the order in which they appear in the document or range.
	SelectSingleNode	Returns an XMLNode object that represents the first node that matches the XPath parameter in the specified document.
	SelectUnlinkedControls	Returns a ContentControls collection that represents all content controls in a document that are not linked to an XML node in the document's XML data store. Read-only.
	SendFax	Sends the specified document as a fax, without any user interaction.
	SendFaxOverInternet	Sends a document to a fax service provider, who faxes the document to one or more specfied recipients.
	SendForReview	Sends a document in an e-mail message for review by the specified recipients.
	SendMail	Opens a message window for sending the specified document through Microsoft Exchange.
	SendMailer	You have requested Help for a Visual Basic keyword used only on the Macintosh. For information about the SendMailer method for the Document object, consult the language reference Help included with Microsoft Office Macintosh Edition.
	SetDefaultTableStyle	Specifies the table style to use for newly created tables in a document.
	SetLetterContent	Inserts the contents of the specified LetterContent object into a document.
	SetPasswordEncryptionOptions	Sets the options Microsoft Word uses for encrypting documents with passwords.
	ToggleFormsDesign	Switches form design mode on or off.
	TransformDocument	Applies the specified Extensible Stylesheet Language Transformation (XSLT) file to the specified document and replaces the document with the results.
	Undo	Undoes the last action or a sequence of actions, which are displayed in the Undo list. Returns True if the actions were successfully undone.
	UndoClear	Clears the list of actions that can be undone for the specified document.
	Unprotect	Removes protection from the specified document.
	UpdateStyles	Copies all styles from the attached template into the document, overwriting any existing styles in the document that have the same name.
	UpdateSummaryProperties	Updates the keyword and comment text in the Properties dialog box (File menu) to reflect the AutoSummary content for the specified document.
	ViewCode	Displays the code window for the selected Microsoft ActiveX control in the specified document.
	ViewPropertyBrowser	Displays the property window for the selected Microsoft ActiveX control in the specified document.
	WebPagePreview	Displays a preview of the current document as it would look if saved as a Web page.

Properties

	Name	Description
	ActiveTheme	Returns the name of the active theme plus the theme formatting options for the specified document. Read-only String.
	ActiveThemeDisplayName	Returns the display name of the active theme for the specified document. Read-only String.
	ActiveWindow	Returns a Window object that represents the active window (the window with the focus). Read-only.
	ActiveWritingStyle	Returns or sets the writing style for a specified language in the specified document. Read/write String.
	Application	Returns an Application object that represents the Microsoft Word application.
	AttachedTemplate	Returns a Template object that represents the template attached to the specified document. Read/write Variant.
	AutoFormatOverride	Returns or sets a Boolean that represents whether automatic formatting options override formatting restrictions in a document where formatting restrictions are in effect.
	AutoHyphenation	True if automatic hyphenation is turned on for the specified document. Read/write Boolean.
	Background	Returns a Shape object that represents the background image for the specified document. Read-only.
	Bibliography	Returns a Bibliography object that represents the bibliography references contained within a document. Read-only.
	Bookmarks	Returns a Bookmarks collection that represents all the bookmarks in a document. Read-only.
	BuiltInDocumentProperties	Returns a DocumentProperties collection that represents all the built-in document properties for the specified document.
	Characters	Returns a Characters collection that represents the characters in a document. Read-only.
	ChildNodeSuggestions	Returns an XMLChildNodeSuggestions collection that represents the list of allowed elements for the document.
	ClickAndTypeParagraphStyle	Returns or sets the default paragraph style applied to text by the Click and Type feature in the specified document. Read/write Variant.
	CodeName	Returns the code name for the specified document. Read-only String.
	CommandBars	Returns a CommandBars collection that represents the menu bar and all the toolbars in Microsoft Word.
	Comments	Returns a Comments collection that represents all the comments in the specified document. Read-only.
	Compatibility	True if the compatibility option specified by the Type argument is enabled. Compatibility options affect how a document is displayed in Microsoft Word. Read/write Boolean.
	ConsecutiveHyphensLimit	Returns or sets the maximum number of consecutive lines that can end with hyphens. Read/write. Long.
	Container	Returns the object that represents the container application for the specified document. Read-only Object.
	Content	Returns a Range object that represents the main document story. Read-only.
	ContentControls	Returns a ContentControls collection that represents all the content controls in a document. Read-only.
	ContentTypeProperties	Returns a MetaProperties collection that represents the metadata stored in a document, such as author name, subject, and company. Read-only.
	Creator	Returns a 32-bit integer that indicates the application in which the specified object was created. Read-only Long.
	CurrentRsid	Returns a Long that represents a random number that Word assigns to changes in a document. Read-only.
	CustomDocumentProperties	Returns a DocumentProperties collection that represents all the custom document properties for the specified document.
	CustomXMLParts	Returns a CustomXMLParts collection that represents the custom XML in the XML data store. Read-only.
	DefaultTableStyle	Returns a Variant that represents the table style that is applied to all newly created tables in a document. Read-only.
	DefaultTabStop	Returns or sets the interval (in points) between the default tab stops in the specified document. Read/write Single.
	DefaultTargetFrame	Returns or sets a String indicating the browser frame in which to display a Web page reached through a hyperlink. Read/write.
	DisableFeatures	True disables all features introduced after the version specified in the DisableFeaturesIntroducedAfter property. The default value is False. Read/write Boolean.
	DisableFeaturesIntroducedAfter	Disables all features introduced after a specified version of Microsoft Word in the document only. Read/write WdDisableFeaturesIntroducedAfter.
	DocumentInspectors	Returns a DocumentInspectors collection that enables you to locate hidden personal information, such as author name, company name, and revision date. Read-only.
	DocumentLibraryVersions	Returns a DocumentLibraryVersions collection that represents the collection of versions of a shared document that has versioning enabled and that is stored in a document library on a server.
	DocumentTheme	Returns an OfficeTheme object that represents the Microsoft Office theme applied to a document. Read-only.
	DoNotEmbedSystemFonts	True for Microsoft Word to not embed common system fonts. Read/write Boolean.
	Email	Returns an Email object that contains all the e-mail–related properties of the current document. Read-only.
	EmbedLinguisticData	True for Microsoft Word to embed speech and handwriting so that data can be converted back to speech or handwriting. Read/write Boolean.
	EmbedSmartTags	True for Microsoft Word to save the smart tag information in a document. Read/write Boolean.
	EmbedTrueTypeFonts	True if Microsoft Office Word embeds TrueType fonts in a document when it is saved. Read/write Boolean.
	EncryptionProvider	Returns a String specifying the name of the algorithm encryption provider that Microsoft Office Word uses when encrypting documents. Read/write.
	Endnotes	Returns an Endnotes collection that represents all the endnotes in a document. Read-only.
	EnforceStyle	Returns or sets a Boolean that represents whether formatting restrictions are enforced in a protected document.
	Envelope	Returns an Envelope object that represents an envelope and envelope features in a document. Read-only.
	FarEastLineBreakLanguage	Returns or sets a WdFarEastLineBreakLanguageID that represents the East Asian language to use when breaking lines of text in the specified document or template. Read/write.
	FarEastLineBreakLevel	Returns or sets a WdFarEastLineBreakLevel that represents the line break control level for the specified document. Read/write.
	Fields	Returns a Fields collection that represents all the fields in the document. Read-only.
	Final	Returns or sets a Boolean that indicates whether a document is final. Read/write.
	Footnotes	Returns a Footnotes collection that represents all the footnotes in a document. Read-only.
	FormattingShowClear	True for Microsoft Word to show clear formatting in the Styles and Formatting task pane. Read/write Boolean.
	FormattingShowFilter	Sets or returns a WdShowFilter constant that represents the styles and formatting displayed in the Styles and Formatting task pane. Read/write Boolean.
	FormattingShowFont	True for Microsoft Word to display font formatting in the Styles and Formatting task pane. Read/write Boolean.
	FormattingShowNextLevel	Returns or sets a Boolean that represents whether Microsoft Office Word shows the next heading level when the previous heading level is used. Read/write.
	FormattingShowNumbering	True for Microsoft Word to display number formatting in the Styles and Formatting task pane. Read/write Boolean.
	FormattingShowParagraph	True for Microsoft Word to display paragraph formatting in the Styles and Formatting task pane. Read/write Boolean.
	FormattingShowUserStyleName	Returns or sets a Boolean that represents whether to show user-defined styles. Read/write.
	FormFields	Returns a FormFields collection that represents all the form fields in the document. Read-only.
	FormsDesign	True if the specified document is in form design mode. Read-only Boolean.
	Frames	Returns a Frames collection that represents all the frames in a document. Read-only.
	Frameset	Returns a Frameset object that represents an entire frames page or a single frame on a frames page. Read-only.
	FullName	Returns a String that represents the name of a document, including the path. Read-only.
	GrammarChecked	True if a grammar check has been run on the specified range or document. Read/write Boolean.
	GrammaticalErrors	Returns a ProofreadingErrors collection that represents the sentences that failed the grammar check in the specified document. Read-only.
	GridDistanceHorizontal	Returns or sets a Single that represents the amount of horizontal space between the invisible gridlines that Microsoft Word uses when you draw, move, and resize AutoShapes or East Asian characters in the specified document. Read/write.
	GridDistanceVertical	Returns or sets a Single that represents the amount of vertical space between the invisible gridlines that Microsoft Word uses when you draw, move, and resize AutoShapes or East Asian characters in the specified document. Read/write.
	GridOriginFromMargin	True if Microsoft Word starts the character grid from the upper-left corner of the page. Read/write Boolean.
	GridOriginHorizontal	Returns or sets a Single that represents the point, relative to the left edge of the page, where you want the invisible grid for drawing, moving, and resizing AutoShapes or East Asian characters to begin in the specified document. Read/write.
	GridOriginVertical	Returns or sets a Single that represents the point, relative to the top of the page, where you want the invisible grid for drawing, moving, and resizing AutoShapes or East Asian characters to begin in the specified document. Read/write.
	GridSpaceBetweenHorizontalLines	Returns or sets the interval at which Microsoft Word displays horizontal character gridlines in print layout view. Read/write Long.
	GridSpaceBetweenVerticalLines	Returns or sets the interval at which Microsoft Word displays vertical character gridlines in print layout view. Read/write Long.
	HasMailer	You have requested Help for a Visual Basic keyword used only on the Macintosh. For information about the HasMailer property for the Document object, consult the language reference Help included with Microsoft Office Macintosh Edition.
	HasPassword	True if a password is required to open the specified document. Read-only Boolean.
	HasVBProject	Returns a Boolean that represents whether a document has an attached Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications project. Read-only.
	HTMLDivisions	Returns an HTMLDivisions collection that represents the HTML DIV elements in a Web document.
	Hyperlinks	Returns a Hyperlinks collection that represents all the hyperlinks in the specified document. Read-only.
	HyphenateCaps	True if words in all capital letters can be hyphenated. Read/write Boolean.
	HyphenationZone	Returns or sets the width of the hyphenation zone, in points. Read/write Long.
	Indexes	Returns an Indexes collection that represents all the indexes in the specified document. Read-only.
	InlineShapes	Returns an InlineShapes collection that represents all the InlineShape objects in a document. Read-only.
	IsMasterDocument	True if the specified document is a master document. Read-only Boolean.
	IsSubdocument	True if the specified document is a subdocument of a master document. Read-only Boolean
	JustificationMode	Returns or sets the character spacing adjustment for the specified document. Read/write WdJustificationMode.
	KerningByAlgorithm	True if Microsoft Word kerns half-width Latin characters and punctuation marks in the specified document. Read/write Boolean.
	Kind	Returns or sets the format type that Microsoft Office Word uses when automatically formatting the specified document. Read/write WdDocumentKind.
	LanguageDetected	Returns or sets a value that specifies whether Microsoft Word has detected the language of the specified text. Read/write Boolean.
	ListParagraphs	Returns a ListParagraphsobject that represents all the numbered paragraphs in a document. Read-only.
	Lists	Returns a Lists collection that contains all the formatted lists in the specified document. Read-only.
	ListTemplates	Returns a ListTemplates collection that represents all the list formats for the specified document. Read-only.
	LockQuickStyleSet	Returns or sets a Boolean that represents whether users can change which set of Quick Styles is being used. Read/write.
	LockTheme	Returns or sets a Boolean that represents whether a user can change a document theme. Read/write.
	MailEnvelope	Returns an MsoEnvelope object that represents an e-mail header for a document.
	Mailer	You have requested Help for a Visual Basic keyword used only on the Macintosh. For information about the Mailer property for the Document object, consult the language reference Help included with Microsoft Office Macintosh Edition.
	MailMerge	Returns a MailMerge object that represents the mail merge functionality for the specified document. Read-only.
	Name	Returns the name of the specified object. Read-only String.
	NoLineBreakAfter	Returns or sets the kinsoku characters after which Microsoft Word will not break a line. Read/write String.
	NoLineBreakBefore	Returns or sets the kinsoku characters before which Microsoft Word will not break a line. Read/write String.
	OMathBreakBin	Returns or sets a WdOMathBreakBin constant that represents where Microsoft Office Word places binary operators when equations span two or more lines. Read/write.
	OMathBreakSub	Returns or sets a WdOMathBreakSub constant that represents how Microsoft Office Word handles a subtraction operator that falls before a line break. Read/write.
	OMathFontName	Returns or sets a String that represents the name of the font used in a document to display equations. Read/write.
	OMathIntSubSupLim	Returns or sets a Boolean that represents the default location of limits for integrals. Read/write.
	OMathJc	Returns or sets a WdOMathJc constant that represents the default justification—left, right, centered, or centered as a group—of a group of equations. Read/write.
	OMathLeftMargin	Returns or sets a Single that represents the left margin for equations. Read/write.
	OMathNarySupSubLim	Returns or sets a Boolean that represents the default location of limits for n-ary objects other than integrals. Read/write.
	OMathRightMargin	Returns or sets a Single that represents the right margin for equations. Read/write.
	OMaths	Returns an OMaths collection that represents the OMath objects within the specified range. Read-only.
	OMathSmallFrac	Returns or sets a Boolean that represents whether to use small fractions in equations contained within the document. Read/write.
	OMathWrap	Returns or sets a Single that represents the placement of the second line of an equation that wraps to a new line. Read/write.
	OpenEncoding	Returns the encoding used to open the specified document. Read-only MsoEncoding.
	OptimizeForWord97	True if Microsoft Office Word optimizes the current document for viewing in Microsoft Word 97 by disabling any incompatible formatting. Read/write Boolean.
	OriginalDocumentTitle	Returns a String that represents the document title for the original document after running a legal-blackline document compare function. Read-only.
	PageSetup	Returns a PageSetup object that is associated with the specified document. Read-only.
	Paragraphs	Returns a Paragraphs collection that represents all the paragraphs in the specified document. Read-only.
	Parent	Returns an Object that represents the parent object of the specified Document object.
	Password	Sets a password that must be supplied to open the specified document. Write-only String.
	PasswordEncryptionAlgorithm	Returns a String indicating the algorithm Microsoft Word uses for encrypting documents with passwords. Read-only.
	PasswordEncryptionFileProperties	True if Microsoft Word encrypts file properties for password-protected documents. Read-only Boolean.
	PasswordEncryptionKeyLength	Returns a Long indicating the key length of the algorithm Microsoft Word uses when encrypting documents with passwords. Read-only.
	PasswordEncryptionProvider	Returns a String specifying the name of the algorithm encryption provider that Microsoft Word uses when encrypting documents with passwords. Read-only.
	Path	Returns the disk or Web path to the document. Read-only String.
	Permission	Returns a Permission object that represents the permission settings in the specified document.
	PrintFormsData	True if Microsoft Word prints onto a preprinted form only the data entered in the corresponding online form. Read/write Boolean.
	PrintFractionalWidths	True if the specified document is formatted to use fractional point spacing to display and print characters. Read/write Boolean.
	PrintPostScriptOverText	True if PRINT field instructions (such as PostScript commands) in a document are to be printed on top of text and graphics when a PostScript printer is used. Read/write Boolean.
	PrintRevisions	True if revision marks are printed with the document. False if revision marks aren't printed (that is, tracked changes are printed as if they'd been accepted). Read/write Boolean.
	ProtectionType	Returns the protection type for the specified document. Can be one of the following WdProtectionType constants: wdAllowOnlyComments, wdAllowOnlyFormFields, wdAllowOnlyReading, wdAllowOnlyRevisions, or wdNoProtection.
	ReadabilityStatistics	Returns a ReadabilityStatistics collection that represents the readability statistics for the specified document or range. Read-only.
	ReadingLayoutSizeX	Sets or returns a Long that represents the width of pages in a document when it is displayed in reading layout view and is frozen for entering handwritten markup.
	ReadingLayoutSizeY	Sets or returns a Long that represents the height of pages in a document when it is displayed in reading layout view and is frozen for entering handwritten markup.
	ReadingModeLayoutFrozen	Sets or returns a Boolean that represents whether pages displayed in reading layout view are frozen to a specified size for inserting handwritten markup into a document.
	ReadOnly	True if changes to the document cannot be saved to the original document. Read-only Boolean.
	ReadOnlyRecommended	True if Microsoft Office Word displays a message box whenever a user opens the document, suggesting that it be opened as read-only. Read/write Boolean.
	RemoveDateAndTime	Sets or returns a Boolean indicating whether a document stores the date and time metadata for tracked changes.
	RemovePersonalInformation	True if Microsoft Word removes all user information from comments, revisions, and the Properties dialog box upon saving a document. Read/write Boolean.
	Research	Returns a Research object that represents the research service for a document. Read-only.
	RevisedDocumentTitle	Returns a String that represents the document title for a revised document after running a legal-blackline document compare function. Read-only.
	Revisions	Returns a Revisions collection that represents the tracked changes in the document or range. Read-only.
	Saved	True if the specified document or template has not changed since it was last saved. False if Microsoft Word displays a prompt to save changes when the document is closed. Read/write Boolean.
	SaveEncoding	Returns or sets the encoding to use when saving a document. Read/write MsoEncoding.
	SaveFormat	Returns the file format of the specified document or file converter. Read-only Long.
	SaveFormsData	True if Microsoft Word saves the data entered in a form as a tab-delimited record for use in a database. Read/write Boolean.
	SaveSubsetFonts	True if Microsoft Word saves a subset of the embedded TrueType fonts with the document. Read/write Boolean.
	Scripts	Returns a Scripts collection that represents the collection of HTML scripts in the specified object.
	Sections	Returns a Section collection that represents the sections in the specified document. Read-only.
	Sentences	Returns a Sentences collection that represents all the sentences in the document. Read-only.
	ServerPolicy	Returns a ServerPolicy object that represents a policy specified for a document stored on a server running Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007. Read-only.
	Shapes	Returns a Shapes collection that represents all the Shape objects in the specified document. Read-only.
	SharedWorkspace	Returns a SharedWorkspace object that represents the Document Workspace in which a specified document is located.
	ShowGrammaticalErrors	True if grammatical errors are marked by a wavy green line in the specified document. Read/write Boolean.
	ShowRevisions	True if tracked changes in the specified document are shown on the screen. Read/write Boolean.
	ShowSpellingErrors	True if Microsoft Word underlines spelling errors in the document. Read/write Boolean.
	ShowSummary	True if an automatic summary is displayed for the specified document. Read/write Boolean.
	Signatures	Returns a SignatureSet collection that represents the digital signatures for a document.
	SmartDocument	Returns a SmartDocument object that represents the settings for a smart document solution.
	SmartTags	Returns a SmartTags object that represents a smart tag in a document.
	SmartTagsAsXMLProps	True for Microsoft Word to create an XML header containing smart tag information when a document containing smart tags is saved as HTML. Read/write Boolean.
	SnapToGrid	True if AutoShapes or East Asian characters are automatically aligned with an invisible grid when they are drawn, moved, or resized in the specified document. Read/write Boolean.
	SnapToShapes	True if Microsoft Word automatically aligns AutoShapes or East Asian characters with invisible gridlines that go through the vertical and horizontal edges of other AutoShapes or East Asian characters in the specified document. Read/write Boolean.
	SpellingChecked	True if spelling has been checked throughout the specified range or document. False if all or some of the range or document has not been checked for spelling. Read/write Boolean.
	SpellingErrors	Returns a ProofreadingErrors collection that represents the words identified as spelling errors in the specified document or range. Read-only.
	StoryRanges	Returns a StoryRanges collection that represents all the stories in the specified document. Read-only.
	Styles	Returns a Styles collection for the specified document. Read-only.
	StyleSheets	Returns a StyleSheets collection that represents the Web style sheets attached to a document.
	StyleSortMethod	Returns or sets aWdStyleSort constant that represents the sort method to use when sorting styles in the Styles task pane. Read/write.
	Subdocuments	Returns a Subdocuments collection that represents all the subdocuments in the specified document. Read-only.
	SummaryLength	Returns or sets the length of the summary as a percentage of the document length. Read/write Long.
	SummaryViewMode	Returns or sets the way a summary is displayed. Read/write WdSummaryMode.
	Sync	Returns a Sync object that provides access to the methods and properties for documents that are part of a Document Workspace.
	Tables	Returns a Table collection that represents all the tables in the specified document. Read-only.
	TablesOfAuthorities	Returns a TableOfAuthorities collection that represents the tables of authorities in the specified document. Read-only.
	TablesOfAuthoritiesCategories	Returns a TablesOfAuthoritiesCategories collection that represents the available table of authorities categories for the specified document. Read-only.
	TablesOfContents	Returns a TablesOfContents collection that represents the tables of contents in the specified document. Read-only.
	TablesOfFigures	Returns a TablesOfFigures collection that represents the tables of figures in the specified document. Read-only.
	TextEncoding	Returns or sets the code page, or character set, that Microsoft Word uses for a document saved as an encoded text file. Read/write MsoEncoding.
	TextLineEnding	Returns or sets a WdLineEndingType constant indicating how Microsoft Word marks the line and paragraph breaks in documents saved as text files. Read/write.
	TrackFormatting	Returns or sets a Boolean that represents whether to track formatting changes when change tracking is turned on. Read/write.
	TrackMoves	Returns or sets a Boolean that represents whether to mark moved text when Track Changes is turned on. Read/write.
	TrackRevisions	True if changes are tracked in the specified document. Read/write Boolean.
	Type	Returns the document type (template or document). Read-only WdDocumentType.
	UpdateStylesOnOpen	True if the styles in the specified document are updated to match the styles in the attached template each time the document is opened. Read/write Boolean.
	UseMathDefaults	Returns or sets a Boolean that represents whether to use the default math settings when creating new equations. Read/write.
	UserControl	True if the document was created or opened by the user. Read/write Boolean.
	Variables	Returns a Variables collection that represents the variables stored in the specified document. Read-only.
	VBASigned	True if the Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) project for the specified document has been digitally signed. Read-only Boolean.
	VBProject	Returns the VBProject object for the specified template or document.
	WebOptions	Returns the WebOptions object, which contains document-level attributes used by Microsoft Word when you save a document as a Web page or open a Web page. Read-only.
	Windows	Returns a Windows collection that represents all windows for the specified document. Read-only.
	WordOpenXML	Returns a String that represents the flat XML format for the Word Open XML contents of the document. Read-only.
	Words	Returns a Words collection that represents all the words in a document. Read-only.
	WritePassword	Sets a password for saving changes to the specified document. Write-only String.
	WriteReserved	True if the specified document is protected with a write password. Read-only Boolean.
	XMLHideNamespaces	Returns a Boolean that represents whether to hide the XML namespaces in the list of elements in the XML Structure task pane.
	XMLNodes	Returns an XMLNodes collection that represents the collection of all XML elements within a document.
	XMLSaveDataOnly	Sets or returns a Boolean that represents whether a document is saved with the XML markup or as text only.
	XMLSaveThroughXSLT	Sets or returns a String that specifies the path and file name for the Extensible Stylesheet Language Transformation (XSLT) to apply when a user saves a document.
	XMLSchemaReferences	Returns an XMLSchemaReferences collection that represents the schemas attached to a document.
	XMLSchemaViolations	Returns an XMLNodes collection that represents all nodes in the document that have validation errors.
	XMLShowAdvancedErrors	Returns or sets a Boolean that represents whether error message text is generated from the built-in Microsoft Word error messages or from the Microsoft XML Core Services (MSXML) 5.0 component included with Office.
	XMLUseXSLTWhenSaving	Returns a Boolean that represents whether to save a document through an Extensible Stylesheet Language Transformation (XSLT). True saves a document through an XSLT.

Events

	Name	Description
	BuildingBlockInsert	Occurs when you insert a building block into a document.
	Close	Occurs when a document is closed.
	ContentControlAfterAdd	Occurs after adding a content control to a document.
	ContentControlBeforeContentUpdate	Occurs before updating the content in a content control, only when the content comes from the Office XML data store.
	ContentControlBeforeDelete	Occurs before removing a content control from a document.
	ContentControlBeforeStoreUpdate	Occurs before updating the document's XML data store with the value of a content control.
	ContentControlOnEnter	Occurs when a user enters a content control.
	ContentControlOnExit	Occurs when a user leaves a content control.
	New	Occurs when a new document based on the template is created. A procedure for the New event will run only if it is stored in a template.
	Open	Occurs when a document is opened.
	Sync	Occurs when the local copy of a document that is part of a Document Workspace is synchronized with the copy on the server.
	XMLAfterInsert	Occurs when a user adds a new XML element to a document. If more than one element is added to the document at the same time (for example, when cutting and pasting XML), the event fires for each element that is inserted.
	XMLBeforeDelete	Occurs when a user deletes an XML element from a document. If more than one element is deleted from the document at the same time (for example, when cutting and pasting XML), the event fires for each element that is deleted.