I know this should be simple, but how do I get the selected text?

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From: StevenLmas
Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2006 14:05

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Hi,

Trying to get the selected text and set the section marker to whatever I've got selected, but I can't figure out how to get my selection to save my life...

Sub SetSection()
Dim inD As InDesign.Application
Dim iDoc As InDesign.Document

Set inD = CreateObject("InDesign.Application.CS2")
Set iSel = inD.Selection(1)

If TypeName(iSel.Item(1)) = "Text" Then
    x = iSel.Item(1).Words 'doesn't work
    x = iSel.Item(1).Text.Contents 'doesn't work
Else
    MsgBox "You must have one or more characters of text selected"
End If

End Sub

Thanks in advance for your help!
Steve

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