RichTextContentControl::PlaceholderText Property

 

Gets or sets the text that is displayed in the RichTextContentControl until the text is changed by a user action or some other operation.

Namespace:   Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word
Assembly:  Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word (in Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word.dll)

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property String^ PlaceholderText {
	String^ get();
	void set(String^ value);
}

Property Value

Type: System::String^

The text that is displayed in the control until the text is changed by a user action or some other operation.

The placeholder text is displayed until a user edits the control, the control is populated with data from a data source, or the control's contents are deleted.

To set the placeholder text to text that is in a Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.BuildingBlock or a Range, use the SetPlaceholderText method.

The following code example adds a new RichTextContentControl to the beginning of the document. The example sets the PlaceholderText property to a string that prompts the user to type his or her first name.

This version is for a document-level customization. To use this code, paste it into the ThisDocument class in your project, and call the AddRichTextControlAtSelection method from the ThisDocument_Startup method.

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This version is for an application-level add-in. To use this code, paste it into the ThisAddIn class in your project, and call the AddRichTextControlAtSelection method from the ThisAddIn_Startup method.

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