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Moves the insertion point to the character position immediately preceding the specified item, and returns a
Range
object (except for the
wdGoToGrammaticalError
,
wdGoToProofreadingError
, or
wdGoToSpellingError
constant).
Syntax
expression
.
GoTo
(
_What_
,
_Which_
,
_Count_
,
_Name_
)
expression
Required. A variable that represents a
Selection
object.
Parameters
Required/Optional
Data type
Description
Optional
Variant
The kind of item to which the range or selection is moved. Can be one of the
WdGoToItem
constants.
Which
Optional
Variant
The item to which the range or selection is moved. Can be one of the
WdGoToDirection
constants.
Count
Optional
Variant
The number of the item in the document. The default value is 1. Only positive values are valid. To specify an item that precedes the range or selection, use
wdGoToPrevious
as the Which argument and specify a Count value.
Optional
Variant
If the What argument is
wdGoToBookmark
,
wdGoToComment
,
wdGoToField
, or
wdGoToObject
, this argument specifies a name.
Return value
The
Range
that is now selected.
When you use the
GoTo
method with the
wdGoToGrammaticalError
,
wdGoToProofreadingError
, or
wdGoToSpellingError
constant, the
Range
object that is returned includes any grammar error text or spelling error text.
Examples
The following examples are functionally equivalent; they both move the selection to the first heading in the document.
Selection.GoTo What:=wdGoToHeading, Which:=wdGoToFirst
Selection.GoTo What:=wdGoToHeading, Which:=wdGoToAbsolute, Count:=1
The following example moves the selection to the fourth line in the document.
Selection.GoTo What:=wdGoToLine, Which:=wdGoToAbsolute, Count:=4
The following example moves the selection up two lines.
Selection.GoTo What:=wdGoToLine, Which:=wdGoToPrevious, Count:=2
The following example moves to the next DATE field.
Selection.GoTo What:=wdGoToField, Name:="Date"
This example moves the selection to the first cell in the next table.
Selection.GoTo What:=wdGoToTable, Which:=wdGoToNext
This example moves the insertion point just before the fifth endnote reference mark in the active document.
If ActiveDocument.Endnotes.Count >= 5 Then
Selection.GoTo What:=wdGoToEndnote, _
Which:=wdGoToAbsolute, Count:=5
End If
This example moves the selection down four lines.
Selection.GoTo What:=wdGoToLine, Which:=wdGoToRelative, Count:=4
This example moves the selection back two pages.
Selection.GoTo What:=wdGoToPage, Which:=wdGoToPrevious, Count:=2
See also
Selection Object
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