Represents the current selection in a window or pane. A selection represents either a selected (or highlighted) area in the document, or it represents the insertion point if nothing in the document is selected. There can only be one Selection object per document window pane, and only one Selection object in the entire application can be active.

Note Range objects are independent of the selection. That is, you can define and manipulate a range without changing the selection. You can also define multiple ranges in a document, while there can be only one selection per pane.

Using the Range Object
Use the Range method to return a Range object defined by the given starting and ending character positions. The following example returns a Range object that refers to the first 10 characters in the active document.

Set myRange = ActiveDocument.Range(Start:=0, End:=10)
		
Use the Range property to return a Range object defined by the beginning and end of another object. The Range property applies to many objects (for example, Paragraph, Bookmark, and Cell). The following example returns a Range object that refers to the first paragraph in the active document.

Set aRange = ActiveDocument.Paragraphs(1).Range
		
The following example returns a Range object that refers to the second through fourth paragraphs in the active document

Set aRange = ActiveDocument.Range( _
    Start:=ActiveDocument.Paragraphs(2).Range.Start, _
    End:=ActiveDocument.Paragraphs(4).Range.End)
		
For more information about working with Range objects, see Working with Range Objects.