M
Moishy
Hello all experts,
I'm dealing with is 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.
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
Limitations of the 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/Forums/en-US/worddev/thread/79855849-4809-4777-8a47-2dec56a1313c
I'm dealing with is 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.
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
Limitations of the 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/Forums/en-US/worddev/thread/79855849-4809-4777-8a47-2dec56a1313c