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Page Layout in multi-column documents
I've posted a question on http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/For...1-1d39f5219b33 but it has seemingly come to a dead end (i.e. no response).
Here's the issue I'm dealing with, page layout in multi-column documents, since Word is not a desktop publishing solution, it doesn't have a built-in option to align all columns equally at the bottom, and therefore I have to do it manually. I'm using a function to find the difference in points between two columns, the trouble is it doesn't always work, sometimes it will return a value of several hundred points when there hardly is a difference at all. I'm posting the function here; I would appreciate any help I can get in solving the mystery, and or improve the function. Please note: a. Although I will appreciate any help including alternative suggestions, I would prefer if I can get some help with the function I'm currently using. b. The function must work on a right-to-left format document. c. Speed is a very important factor, as I plan to use the function to display the difference in a text box on a user form that will get updated every time a change is made to one of the columns. Code:
Function ColumnDiff() Dim i As Integer, iCounter As Integer, iPos As Long, iPosCol As Long Dim iCol() As Currency, nCol As Integer Dim myRange As Range, iViewType As Integer, bEnd As Boolean Const MaxDiff = 0 ' difference (in points) for the function to ignore If Selection.StoryType 1 Then MsgBox "Cursor not in main text!": Exit Function Set myRange = Selection.Range Application.ScreenUpdating = False iViewType = ActiveWindow.View.Type: ActiveWindow.View.Type = wdPrintView iPos = -1 With Selection .Collapse wdCollapseEnd iCounter = iCounter + 1: StatusBar = iCounter While iPos .Start X2: iPos = .Start If Dialogs(wdDialogFormatColumns).Columns = 1 Then GoTo X0 ReDim iCol(Dialogs(wdDialogFormatColumns).Columns + 1) iPosCol = iPos: iPos = iPos - 1: nCol = 0 While iPos .Start iPos = .Start If Dialogs(wdDialogFormatColumns).Columns = 1 _ Or Dialogs(wdDialogFormatColumns).ColumnNo nCol _ Then GoTo X1 nCol = Dialogs(wdDialogFormatColumns).ColumnNo iCol(nCol) = .Information(wdVerticalPositionRelativeToPage) .GoToNext wdGoToLine iCounter = iCounter + 1: StatusBar = iCounter Wend bEnd = True: iPos = ActiveDocument.StoryRanges(1).End X1: For i = 1 To nCol ' iCol(0) = high peak If iCol(0) iCol(i) Then iCol(0) = iCol(i) Next i iCol(nCol + 1) = iCol(0) ' iCol(nCol + 1) = low peak For i = 1 To nCol If iCol(nCol + 1) iCol(i) Then iCol(nCol + 1) = iCol(i) Next i If iCol(0) - iCol(nCol + 1) MaxDiff Then .SetRange iPosCol, iPos Application.ScreenUpdating = True ColumnDiff = CCur(iCol(0) - iCol(i)) ' & "pt" Exit Function End If If bEnd Then GoTo X3 Else GoTo X2 X0: .GoToNext wdGoToLine iCounter = iCounter + 1: StatusBar = iCounter Wend End With X3: myRange.Select Application.ScreenUpdating = True: ActiveWindow.View.Type = iViewType MsgBox "Done!" End Function 1. The function will only find the difference in the main text and not in footnotes etc. 2. The function starts searching from the cursor location (or the end of the selected text) till the end of the document. Related Question: http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/For...7-2dec56a1313c At the above url Macropad MVP has suggested several alternatives, as mentioned there either the macro was too slow or I was not able to get it to work in right-to-left format. |
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