WD97: Selection.Information Returns Incorrect Information from Merged Cells in Word Table

When you use the Selection.Information(wdStartOfRangeColumnNumber) or Selection.Information(wdStartOfRangeRowNumber) method to return the column or row number from a Word table with merged cells, the information returned does not take into account that a table contains merged cells. Thus the returned information cannot be used to reference cells in rows that contain merged cells.

To work around this problem, use Visual Basic for Applications code to loop through and mark Row, Column using the Tables(n).Columns.Count and Tables(n).Rows.Count of each cell while keeping track of count manually.

To resolve the problem described in this article, obtain and install the latest Microsoft Word 97 update from the following Microsoft Web site: IMPORTANT NOTE: Microsoft Word 97 post-service release fixes are cumulative. The latest update contains all of the fixes since Service Release 2. If you install the latest update for Word 97, you do not need to install any other updates after Service Release 2.

For additional information about the fixes included in the latest update for Word 97, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.