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BuildingBlock.Insert method (Word)

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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.

Syntax

expression.Insert (Where, RichText)

expression An expression that returns a 'BuildingBlock' object.

Parameters

Name Required/Optional Data type Description
Where Required Range The location of where to place the contents of the building block.
RichText Optional Variant True inserts the building block as rich, formatted text. False inserts the building block as plain text.

Return value

Range

Example

The following example inserts the first building block from the first template into the first paragraph of the active document.

Dim objTemplate As Template 
Dim objBB As BuildingBlock 
 
Set objTemplate = Templates(1) 
Set objBB = objTemplate.BuildingBlockEntries(1) 
 
objBB.Insert ActiveDocument.Paragraphs(1).Range

See also

BuildingBlock Object

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