Plates.FindPlateByInkName method (Publisher)

Returns a Plate object that represents the plate of the specified ink name.

Syntax

expression.FindPlateByInkName (InkName)

expression An expression that returns a Plates object.

Parameters

Name	Required/Optional	Data type	Description
InkName	Required	PbInkName	Specifies the plate to return.

Return value

Plate

Remarks

The InkName parameter can be one of the PbInkName constants declared in the Microsoft Publisher type library.

Process colors are assigned different index numbers in the Plates collection than in the PrintablePlates collection. Use the FindPlateByInkName method to ensure that the desired Plate or PrintablePlate object is accessed.

Example

The following example returns properties for the plate representing the third spot color defined for the active publication.

Sub ListPlatePropertiesByInkName() 
Dim pplPlate As Plate 
 
 Set pplPlate = ActiveDocument.Plates.FindPlateByInkName(pbInkNameSpot3) 
 
 With pplPlate 
 Debug.Print "Plate Name: " & .Name 
 Debug.Print "Index: " & .Index 
 Debug.Print "Ink Name: " & .InkName 
 Debug.Print "Color: " & .Color 
 Debug.Print "Luminance: " & .Luminance 
 Debug.Print "In Use?: " & .InUse 
 End With 
End Sub

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