Set the Building Blocks That You Can Use for a Content Control

A document building block is a predesigned piece of content, such as a cover page or a header or footer. Word includes a library of document building blocks that users can choose from to insert into a document.

A ContentControl object (Word) object with a ContentControl.Type property (Word) property value of wdContentControlBuildingBlockGallery specifies a content control that can contain document building blocks.

The WdBuildingBlockTypes enumeration contains each building block type. You can only use the following building block types within a building block gallery content control:

• AutoText

• Tables

• Equations

• Quick Parts

• Custom 1 though Custom 5

• Custom AutoText

• Custom Tables

• Custom Equations

• Custom Quick Parts

For more information about content controls, see Working with Content Controls. The objects used in this sample are:

• ContentControl

• ContentControls

Sample

The following code sample instantiates a building block gallery content control and then adds a building block to the content control.

Sub SetBuildingBlock()
 
    Dim strTitle As String
    strTitle = "My Equation"
    Dim objContentControl As ContentControl
     
    Set objContentControl = ActiveDocument.ContentControls _
        .Add(wdContentControlBuildingBlockGallery)
    objContentControl.Title = strTitle
    objContentControl.BuildingBlockType = wdTypeEquations
   
End Sub

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