WD2000: "For Each...Next" Loop Gives Wrong Result with Footnotes, Endnotes, or Comments

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This article was previously published under Q212621

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SYMPTOMS

When you use a "For Each...Next" loop in a Visual Basic for Applications macro to return the footnotes, endnotes, or comments for a specified paragraph, the macro returns all footnotes, endnotes, or comments contained in the entire document.

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WORKAROUND

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212536 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/212536/EN-US/ ) OFF2000: How to Run Sample Code from Knowledge Base Articles

To work around this problem, use a "For...Next" loop with the Footnotes, Endnotes, or Comments collection instead of the "For Each...Next" loop.

The following Visual Basic for Applications macro example uses a "For...Next" loop to extract the endnotes for a specified paragraph.

Sub ReturnNotesInParagraph()

   Dim iCount As Integer
   Dim oNote As Object
   Dim iParaNum As Integer

   ' Set the paragraph to return notes
   iParaNum = 1

   ' Note: If the specified paragraph does not exist
   ' in the active document, an error will occur.
   If ActiveDocument.Paragraphs.Count >= iParaNum Then
      Set oNote = ActiveDocument.Paragraphs(iParaNum).Range.Endnotes
      For iCount = 1 To oNote.Count
         MsgBox oNote(iCount).Range.Text
      Next
   Else
      MsgBox "The specified paragraph does not exist."
   End If

End Sub

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STATUS

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

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MORE INFORMATION

For additional information about getting help with Visual Basic for Applications, click the article numbers below to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

212623 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/212623/EN-US/ ) WD2000: Macro Programming Resources

226118 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/226118/EN-US/ ) OFF2000: Programming Resources for Visual Basic for Applications

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