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How to select the current page in a Word document

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When working with Word documents, you may need to quickly select the entire current page for editing, copying, or formatting purposes. And Word provides several efficient methods to select the current page.

In this tutorial, we will guide you through the steps to easily select the current page from a whole document in Word using 4 methods:

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Select current page manually in Word

Here are two simple methods to manually select the current page in Word:

Method 1: Click at the beginning of the page and drag the cursor to the end of the page to select all the content.

Method 2: Click at the beginning of the first character on the current page. Then, hold down the Shift key and click at the end of the page's content to select the entire page.


Select current page using a bookmark in Word

  1. Place the cursor on the page you want to select.
  2. Click Insert > Bookmark.

     Insert Bookmark option on the ribbon

  3. In the Bookmark dialog box that appears, type β€œ\page” in the input box and click Go To. The current page where the cursor is located will automatically be selected.

    Bookmark dialog


Select current page with Kutools for Word

The Select Current Page utility in Kutools for Word allows you to quickly and easily select the current page in your document with a click.

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  1. Place the cursor on the page you want to select as the current page.
  2. Click Kutools > Select > Pages > Select Current Page.

    Select Current Page option on the Kutools tab on the ribbon

The page where the cursor is located will be selected after clicking Select Current Page.

To learn more about the Select Current Page feature, click here for detailed information.

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Select current page with VBA

Using VBA, you can quickly select the current page in your Word document. Follow the steps below to accomplish this:

  1. Press Alt + F11 to open the Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications window.
  2. Click Module from the Insert tab, then copy and paste the following VBA code into the Module window.
    Sub selectcurrentpage ()
    ActiveDocument.Bookmarks("\page").Range.Select
    End Sub
  3. Click the Run Run button button or press F5 to apply the VBA code.

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