Doctype is the declaration above the html start tag.
It is also called Document Type Definition and DTD.
The following code will extract it from the ActiveDocument.
strDocType = Mid(ActiveDocument.documentHTML, _ 1, InStr(1, _ ActiveDocument.documentHTML, "<html") - 1)
ActiveDocument.documentHTML includes everything in the document.
The mid method strips off everything after the "<html" tag.
The InStr method finds the position of the "<html" tag.
Sample Output
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">