Select a checkbox to put an X (or other character) in the. Copy and paste the check box control at the beginning of each line. To change the default X to something else, see Change checked boxes from an X to a checkmark. Placeholder text cannot contain items such as floating objects, revision marks, or content controls. Go to Developer and select the Check Box Content Control at the beginning of the first line. Open the Home tab to use common formatting commands, paragraph styles, and the Find tool. Open the File page to use Backstage view. 'Word cannot turn off design mode because placeholder text in a content control contains invalid items. Move to the Tell Me or Search field on the Ribbon to search for assistance or Help content. I open it, activate Design Mode, try and deactivate Design mode and get. Have questions or feedback about Office VBA or this documentation? Please see Office VBA support and feedback for guidance about the ways you can receive support and provide feedback. I have a long standing document with content controls. ObjContentControl.BuildingBlockType = wdTypeEquations
Add(wdContentControlBuildingBlockGallery) Set objContentControl = ActiveDocument.ContentControls _ The following code sample instantiates a building block gallery content control and then adds a building block to the content control. You can only use the following building block types within a building block gallery content control:įor more information about content controls, see Working with Content Controls. Text form fields can have unlimited length. Text form fields can also be used to perform calculations. Alternatively you can also use text form fields to request other types of data such as numbers, dates, times, phone numbers, zip codes, percentages etc. The WdBuildingBlockTypes enumeration contains each building block type. You can use a text form field to collect basic text information such as a name or address. Word includes a library of document building blocks that users can choose from to insert into a document.Ī ContentControl object (Word) object with a ContentControl.Type property (Word) property value of wdContentControlBuildingBlockGallery specifies a content control that can contain document building blocks. Outlook on the web In the message reading pane, click the Reply all button down arrow. A document building block is a predesigned piece of content, such as a cover page or a header or footer. We need to add content to the app and grant access to that content for app users but hide it from the app nav.