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XMLNode.PlaceholderText property (Word)

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Sets or returns a String that represents the text displayed for an element that contains no text.

Syntax

expression. PlaceholderText

expression An expression that returns an 'XMLNode' object.

Remarks

Placeholder text is displayed in Microsoft Word only when the Show XML tags in the document check box in the XML Structure task pane is cleared. The Show XML tags in the document check box corresponds to the ShowXMLMarkup property.

Example

The following example inserts a new element into the active document at the insertion point and sets what text to display when tags are not displayed in the document.

Dim objNode As XMLNode 
 
Set objNode = Selection.XMLNodes.Add("catalog", "book") 
 
objNode.PlaceholderText = "Enter Book Information Here"

See also

XMLNode Object

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