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Determining the Number of Bookmarks Defined in a Document
Summary: Bookmarks can come in handy in a macro, if you can figure out how many there are. This VBA code does the trick. (This tip works with Microsoft Word 97, Word 2000, Word 2002, and Word 2003.)
You can determine the number of bookmarks defined in a document by using the Count property with the Bookmarks collection object. This is done using the following VBA syntax:
x = ActiveDocument.Bookmarks.Count
where x is the variable you can then use in other VBA macro lines.
Tip #760 applies to Microsoft Word versions: 97 2000 2002 2003
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