tell the index number of the current table

setup

following the last post on the function fGetUserInpIdx (see more in here), how would the user know the index number of a, say, table? looks like a marco's called for.

solution

the plan

1. tell if the cursor's inside a table. if not, ask to place inside one to check upon and run macro again.
2. count the number of tables from doc start to cursor.
3. pop the number up in a window.

programming language & module(s)

• VBA

file preps

place the cursor inside the table whose index number we'd like to know.

variables to customize

none.

the script

vTblIdx

Sub vTblIdx()
    If Selection.Information(wdWithInTable) Then
        MsgBox "table Idx: " & ActiveDocument.Range(0, Selection.Start).Tables.Count
    Else
        MsgBox "please place the cursor inside a table and run again."
    End If
End Sub

output

note to self

none.