How to select non-heading paragraphs in Word?

To meet some requirements, we need to select some non-heading paragraphs. Instead of selecting one by one, is there any easier way to select all non-heading paragraphs with one click. This tutorial will introduce you two methods to select non-heading paragraphs.

Select non-heading paragraphs with the VBA

Select non-heading paragraphs with Kutool for Word

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Select non-heading paragraphs with the VBA

Fortunately, we can use VBA to select non-heading paragraphs. It is an easy way.

Step 1: Press “Alt-F11” to open the Microsoft Visual Basic for Application window;

Step 2: Click Module on the Insert tab, copy and paste the following VBA code into the Module window;

Step 3: Then click Run button to apply the VBA.

The VBA code of selcting non-heading paragraphs

Sub SelectNonHeadingParagraphs()
Dim tempTable As Paragraph
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
ActiveDocument.DeleteAllEditableRanges wdEditorEveryone
For Each tempTable In ActiveDocument.Paragraphs
'Debug.Print tempTable.Range.Style & " " & wdStyleHeading1
If tempTable.Style<>ActiveDocument.Styles(wdStyleHeading1) Then
'Debug.Print "aaa"
tempTable.Range.Editors.Add wdEditorEveryone
End If
Next
ActiveDocument.SelectAllEditableRanges wdEditorEveryone
ActiveDocument.DeleteAllEditableRanges wdEditorEveryone
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
End Sub

Note : this method takes Heading1 as an example. You can use other Heading styles to replace heading 1. If the document include several Heading styles, this method is not suitable

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Select all non-heading paragraphs with the Kutool for Word

Kutool for Word is most handy way to select non-heading paragraphs. After you have installed Kutool for Word, one click will help you complete the whole operation.

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Click Kutools >Paragraph Select on the Paragraph Select group. See screenshot

For more detailed information about Select Non-Heading Paragraphs of Kutools for Word, please visit: Paragraph Select feature description

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