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TextFrame.ValidLinkTarget Method

Office 2007

Determines whether the text frame of one shape can be linked to the text frame of another shape. Returns True if LinkTarget is a valid target, False if LinkTarget already contains text or is already linked, or if the shape does not support attached text.

Syntax

expression.ValidLinkTarget(LinkTarget)

expression A variable that represents a TextFrame object.

Parameters

Name	Required/Optional	Data Type	Description
LinkTarget	Required	Shape	The shape with the target text frame to which you want to link the text frame returned by expression.

Return Value
Boolean

Example

This example checks to see whether the text frames for the first and second shapes on the first page of the active publication can be linked to one another. If so, the example links the two text frames.

Visual Basic for Applications

Visual Basic for Applications
`Dim txtFrame1 As TextFrame Dim txtFrame2 As TextFrame With ActiveDocument.Pages(1) Set txtFrame1 = .Shapes(1).TextFrame Set txtFrame2 = .Shapes(2).TextFrame End With If txtFrame1.ValidLinkTarget(LinkTarget:=txtFrame2.Parent) = True Then txtFrame1.NextLinkedTextFrame = txtFrame2 End If`

Dim txtFrame1 As TextFrame
Dim txtFrame2 As TextFrame

With ActiveDocument.Pages(1)
    Set txtFrame1 = .Shapes(1).TextFrame
    Set txtFrame2 = .Shapes(2).TextFrame
End With

If txtFrame1.ValidLinkTarget(LinkTarget:=txtFrame2.Parent) = True Then
    txtFrame1.NextLinkedTextFrame = txtFrame2
End If

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