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That is a great start, thank you for helping me move forward.
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Note that in the case of defining the nearest for a table cell, it would be necessary to distinguish between the nearest cell in terms of the table, and the nearest in terms of the amount of separating text.
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Thanks. If you need any more help with details later on, please post another question, Hopefully I, or another expert, will be able to assist.
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Thanks a bunch, yes, I shall. &nbsp; Have a great week!
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Oops. I've now looked up what 'closest' means in Jquery. I see that it means traversing upwards in a hierarchy to find a match, so many of many the details in my comments are not applicable.
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I am automating Microsoft Word documents using the following structure<br />
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bookmark<br />
h3 header<br />
&nbsp; table<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; row<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;cell<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Range.Text<br />
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Are there any properties or functions already available that would allow a statement such as the following or at least be usable to achieve <br />
that capability?<br />
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myvar = mycell.closest(&quot;bookmark&quot;)<wbr />.find(h3).<wbr />text
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I am automating Microsoft Word documents using the following structure

bookmark
h3 header
  table
      row
         cell
             Range.Text

Are there any properties or functions already available that would allow a statement such as the following or at least be usable to achieve 
that capability?

myvar = mycell.closest("bookmark").find(h3).text

jquery-like closest property in Microsoft Word?

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