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TextFrame.TextRange property (Word)

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Returns a Range object that represents the text in the specified text frame.

Syntax

expression.TextRange

expression An expression that returns a TextFrame object.

Example

This example adds a text box to the active document and then adds text to the text box.

Set myTBox = ActiveDocument.Shapes _ 
 .AddTextBox(Orientation:=msoTextOrientationHorizontal, _ 
 Left:=100, Top:=100, Width:=300, Height:=200) 
myTBox.TextFrame.TextRange = "Test Box"

This example adds text to TextBox 1 in the active document.

ActiveDocument.Shapes("TextBox 1").TextFrame.TextRange _ 
 .InsertAfter("New Text")

This example returns the text from TextBox 1 in the active document and displays it in a message box.

MsgBox ActiveDocument.Shapes("TextBox 1").TextFrame.TextRange.Text

See also

TextFrame Object

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