BuildingBlock Members (Word)

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05/06/2016

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Represents a building block in a template. A building block is pre-built content, similar to autotext, that may contain text, images, and formatting.

Methods

Name	Description
Delete	Deletes the specified building block.
Insert	Inserts the value of a building block into a document and returns a Range object that represents the contents of the building block within the document.

Properties

Name	Description
Application	Returns an Application object that represents the Microsoft Word application.
Category	Returns a Category object that represents the category for a building block. Read-only.
Creator	Returns a 32-bit integer that indicates the application in which the add-in was created. Read-only Long.
Description	Returns or sets a String that represents the description for a building block. Read/write.
ID	Returns a String that represents the internal identification number for a building block. Read-only.
Index	Returns a Long that represents the position of an item in a collection. Read-only.
InsertOptions	Returns or sets a Long that represents how to insert the contents of a building block into a document. Read/write.
Name	Returns or sets a String that represents the name of a building block. Read/write.
Parent	Returns an Object that represents the parent object of the specified BuildingBlock object.
Type	Returns a BuildingBlockType object that represents the type for a building block. Read-only.
Value	Returns or sets a String that represents the contents of a building block. Read/write.