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ContentControl.ShowingPlaceholderText property (Word)

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Returns a Boolean that indicates whether the placeholder text for the content control is displayed. Read-only.

Syntax

expression. ShowingPlaceholderText

expression An expression that returns a ContentControl object.

Example

The following example inserts a new drop-down list content control into the active document, sets the title and the placeholder text if the placeholder text is showing, and then adds several new items to the list.

Dim objCC As ContentControl 
Dim objMap As XMLMapping 
 
Set objCC = ActiveDocument.ContentControls.Add(wdContentControlDropdownList) 
objCC.Title = "My Favorite Animal" 
If objCC.ShowingPlaceholderText Then _ 
 objCC.SetPlaceholderText , , "Select your favorite animal " 
 
'List entries 
objCC.DropdownListEntries.Add "Cat" 
objCC.DropdownListEntries.Add "Dog" 
objCC.DropdownListEntries.Add "Horse" 
objCC.DropdownListEntries.Add "Monkey" 
objCC.DropdownListEntries.Add "Snake" 
objCC.DropdownListEntries.Add("Other")

See also

ContentControl Object

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