PowerPoint.TextRange class

Package:

powerpoint

Contains the text that is attached to a shape, in addition to properties and methods for manipulating the text.

Extends

OfficeExtension.ClientObject

Remarks

[ API set: PowerPointApi 1.4 ]

Properties

context	The request context associated with the object. This connects the add-in's process to the Office host application's process.
font	Returns a ShapeFont object that represents the font attributes for the text range.
paragraphFormat	Represents the paragraph format of the text range. See PowerPoint.ParagraphFormat for details.
text	Represents the plain text content of the text range.

Methods

getSubstring(start, length)	Returns a TextRange object for the substring in the given range.
load(options)	Queues up a command to load the specified properties of the object. You must call context.sync() before reading the properties.
load(propertyNames)	Queues up a command to load the specified properties of the object. You must call context.sync() before reading the properties.
load(propertyNamesAndPaths)	Queues up a command to load the specified properties of the object. You must call context.sync() before reading the properties.
toJSON()	Overrides the JavaScript toJSON() method in order to provide more useful output when an API object is passed to JSON.stringify(). (JSON.stringify, in turn, calls the toJSON method of the object that is passed to it.) Whereas the original PowerPoint.TextRange object is an API object, the toJSON method returns a plain JavaScript object (typed as PowerPoint.Interfaces.TextRangeData) that contains shallow copies of any loaded child properties from the original object.

Property Details

context

The request context associated with the object. This connects the add-in's process to the Office host application's process.

context: RequestContext;

Property Value

PowerPoint.RequestContext

font

Returns a ShapeFont object that represents the font attributes for the text range.

readonly font: PowerPoint.ShapeFont;

Property Value

PowerPoint.ShapeFont

Remarks

[ API set: PowerPointApi 1.4 ]

Examples

// Link to full sample: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/OfficeDev/office-js-snippets/prod/samples/powerpoint/text/get-set-textrange.yaml

// Sets the color of the selected text range to green.
await PowerPoint.run(async (context) => {
  const textRange = context.presentation.getSelectedTextRange();
  textRange.font.color = "green";
  await context.sync();
});

paragraphFormat

Represents the paragraph format of the text range. See PowerPoint.ParagraphFormat for details.

readonly paragraphFormat: PowerPoint.ParagraphFormat;

Property Value

PowerPoint.ParagraphFormat

Remarks

[ API set: PowerPointApi 1.4 ]

text

Represents the plain text content of the text range.

text: string;

Property Value

string

Remarks

[ API set: PowerPointApi 1.4 ]

Method Details

getSubstring(start, length)

Returns a TextRange object for the substring in the given range.

getSubstring(start: number, length?: number): PowerPoint.TextRange;

Parameters

start

number

The zero-based index of the first character to get from the text range.

length

number

Optional. The number of characters to be returned in the new text range. If length is omitted, all the characters from start to the end of the text range's last paragraph will be returned.

Returns

PowerPoint.TextRange

Remarks

[ API set: PowerPointApi 1.4 ]

load(options)

Queues up a command to load the specified properties of the object. You must call context.sync() before reading the properties.

load(options?: PowerPoint.Interfaces.TextRangeLoadOptions): PowerPoint.TextRange;

Parameters

options

PowerPoint.Interfaces.TextRangeLoadOptions

Provides options for which properties of the object to load.

Returns

PowerPoint.TextRange

load(propertyNames)

Queues up a command to load the specified properties of the object. You must call context.sync() before reading the properties.

load(propertyNames?: string | string[]): PowerPoint.TextRange;

Parameters

propertyNames

string | string[]

A comma-delimited string or an array of strings that specify the properties to load.

Returns

PowerPoint.TextRange

load(propertyNamesAndPaths)

Queues up a command to load the specified properties of the object. You must call context.sync() before reading the properties.

load(propertyNamesAndPaths?: {
            select?: string;
            expand?: string;
        }): PowerPoint.TextRange;

Parameters

propertyNamesAndPaths

{ select?: string; expand?: string; }

propertyNamesAndPaths.select is a comma-delimited string that specifies the properties to load, and propertyNamesAndPaths.expand is a comma-delimited string that specifies the navigation properties to load.

Returns

PowerPoint.TextRange

toJSON()

Overrides the JavaScript toJSON() method in order to provide more useful output when an API object is passed to JSON.stringify(). (JSON.stringify, in turn, calls the toJSON method of the object that is passed to it.) Whereas the original PowerPoint.TextRange object is an API object, the toJSON method returns a plain JavaScript object (typed as PowerPoint.Interfaces.TextRangeData) that contains shallow copies of any loaded child properties from the original object.

toJSON(): PowerPoint.Interfaces.TextRangeData;

Returns

PowerPoint.Interfaces.TextRangeData