PlaceholderFormat Object - PowerPoint

Contains properties that apply specifically to placeholders, such as placeholder type.

Example

Use the PlaceholderFormat property to return a PlaceholderFormat object. The following example adds text to placeholder one on slide one in the active presentation if that placeholder exists and is a horizontal title placeholder.

Visual Basic for Applications

Visual Basic for Applications
`With ActivePresentation.Slides(1).Shapes.Placeholders If .Count > 0 Then With .Item(1) Select Case .PlaceholderFormat.Type Case ppPlaceholderTitle .TextFrame.TextRange = "Title Text" Case ppPlaceholderCenterTitle .TextFrame.TextRange = "Centered Title Text" Case Else MsgBox "There's no horizontal " _ "title on this slide" End Select End With End If End With`

With ActivePresentation.Slides(1).Shapes.Placeholders If .Count > 0 Then With .Item(1) Select Case .PlaceholderFormat.Type Case ppPlaceholderTitle .TextFrame.TextRange = "Title Text" Case ppPlaceholderCenterTitle .TextFrame.TextRange = "Centered Title Text" Case Else MsgBox "There's no horizontal " _ "title on this slide" End Select End With End If End With

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