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From: automandc on 31 Jul 2007 22:12
Is there a way to get the current heading level from a field?

I can't use a StyleRef field because I don't know what style to look for
(i.e. Heading 1, Heading 2 etc.)

Thanks

(I realize this is the VBA forum)
From: Russ on 1 Aug 2007 04:20
Read carefully about outline level in this link:
<http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Numbering/ListString.htm>

> Is there a way to get the current heading level from a field?
>
> I can't use a StyleRef field because I don't know what style to look for
> (i.e. Heading 1, Heading 2 etc.)
>
> Thanks
>
> (I realize this is the VBA forum)

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From: automandc on 1 Aug 2007 04:44
That's helpful, but it doesn't answer the question. I want to place a field
in bodytext and be able to calculate something based on the Outline Level of
the immediately preceding heading. I.e., if the text appears under Heading
1, then x=1; if it appears under a Heading 3, then x=3.

So. (1) can you get outline level from a field (I want to avoid VBA code in
this document); and (2) how do you find it for the immediately preceding
heading when the field is in the body?

Thanks.
"Russ" wrote:

> Read carefully about outline level in this link:
> <http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Numbering/ListString.htm>
>
> > Is there a way to get the current heading level from a field?
> >
> > I can't use a StyleRef field because I don't know what style to look for
> > (i.e. Heading 1, Heading 2 etc.)
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > (I realize this is the VBA forum)
>
> --
> Russ
>
> drsmN0SPAMikleAThotmailD0Tcom.INVALID
>
>
From: Graham Mayor on 1 Aug 2007 05:17
There is no way you can determine from a field what the current paragraph
style is - you can do it easily enough in vba eg

Dim CurrStyle As Style
Dim x As Integer
Set CurrStyle = Selection.Style
If InStrRev(CurrStyle, "Heading") Then
x = Right(CurrStyle, 1)
End If

but without vba ......

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automandc wrote:
> That's helpful, but it doesn't answer the question. I want to place
> a field in bodytext and be able to calculate something based on the
> Outline Level of the immediately preceding heading. I.e., if the
> text appears under Heading 1, then x=1; if it appears under a Heading
> 3, then x=3.
>
> So. (1) can you get outline level from a field (I want to avoid VBA
> code in this document); and (2) how do you find it for the
> immediately preceding heading when the field is in the body?
>
> Thanks.
> "Russ" wrote:
>
>> Read carefully about outline level in this link:
>> <http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Numbering/ListString.htm>
>>
>>> Is there a way to get the current heading level from a field?
>>>
>>> I can't use a StyleRef field because I don't know what style to
>>> look for (i.e. Heading 1, Heading 2 etc.)
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> (I realize this is the VBA forum)
>>
>> --
>> Russ
>>
>> drsmN0SPAMikleAThotmailD0Tcom.INVALID


From: Russ on 1 Aug 2007 05:49

Msgbox selection.paragraphs(1).previous.style
If the previous paragraph is style Heading 4, then that is what you will see
in the message box.

And like the link I gave you said:
Msgbox selection.paragraphs(1).previous.OutlineLevel
Will show the number 4 for Heading 4.

What's in the field? ALT/F9 will toggle reveal field code or field results.
I not sure what you mean about no VBA code in the document. Usually you put
code in a template and open a new document with that template, you don't
want to mess with another user's Normal.dot setup.
> That's helpful, but it doesn't answer the question. I want to place a field
> in bodytext and be able to calculate something based on the Outline Level of
> the immediately preceding heading. I.e., if the text appears under Heading
> 1, then x=1; if it appears under a Heading 3, then x=3.
>
> So. (1) can you get outline level from a field (I want to avoid VBA code in
> this document); and (2) how do you find it for the immediately preceding
> heading when the field is in the body?
>
> Thanks.
> "Russ" wrote:
>
>> Read carefully about outline level in this link:
>> <http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Numbering/ListString.htm>
>>
>>> Is there a way to get the current heading level from a field?
>>>
>>> I can't use a StyleRef field because I don't know what style to look for
>>> (i.e. Heading 1, Heading 2 etc.)
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> (I realize this is the VBA forum)
>>
>> --
>> Russ
>>
>> drsmN0SPAMikleAThotmailD0Tcom.INVALID
>>
>>

--
Russ

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