<div>
The answer came so quickly that I have not had a chance to test it. However, since it comes from Graham Skan, I know that the solution will be correct.<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; Many thanks<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; JRA
</div>


The answer came so quickly that I have not had a chance to test it. However, since it comes from Graham Skan, I know that the solution will be correct.
    Many thanks
    JRA

<div>
<div class="content wysiwyg-content">
I have a textbox and need to know the current location of the insertion point in the text so that I can check the character to the immediate left of the insertion point. I will be getting this information inside a KeyPress Sub. If possible, I would like to know the location as the number of characters between the current location and the start of the text. <br />
Thanks for any help.<br />
JRA<br />

</div>
</div>


I have a textbox and need to know the current location of the insertion point in the text so that I can check the character to the immediate left of the insertion point. I will be getting this information inside a KeyPress Sub. If possible, I would like to know the location as the number of characters between the current location and the start of the text. 
Thanks for any help.
JRA


Word VBA: Where is the insertion point in a Textbox?

Microsoft Word is a commercial document editing program that is part of the Microsoft Office suite. It features numerous text-editing tools for creating richly formatted documents, along with tools for the use of macros in Word documents. Word's native file formats are denoted either by a .doc or .docx file extension. Plugins permitting the Windows versions of Word to read and write formats it does not natively support, such as the OpenDocument format (ODF) are available. Word can import and display images in common bitmap formats such as JPG and GIF. It can also be used to create and display simple line-art.