ApplyPictureBullet Method

Formats a paragraph or range of paragraphs with a picture bullet.

expression.ApplyPictureBullet(FileName)

expression Required. An expression that returns one of the objects in the Applies To list.

FileName   Required String. The path and file name of the picture file.

Example

This example creates a new document with a list and applies a picture bullet format to all paragraphs except the first and last.

Sub ApplyPictureBulletsToParagraphs()
    Dim docNew As Document
    Dim rngRange As Range
    Dim lstTemplate As ListTemplate
    Dim intPara As Integer
    Dim intCount As Integer

    'Set the initial value of object variables
    Set docNew = Documents.Add

    'Add paragraphs to the new document, including eight list items
    With Selection
        .TypeText Text:="This is an introductory paragraph."
        .TypeParagraph
    End With
    Do Until intPara = 8
        With Selection
            .TypeText Text:="This is a list item."
            .TypeParagraph
        End With
        intPara = intPara + 1
    Loop
    Selection.TypeText Text:="This is a concluding paragraph."

    'Count the total number of paragraphs in the document
    intCount = docNew.Paragraphs.Count

    'Set the range to include all paragraphs in the
    'document except the first and the last
    Set rngRange = docNew.Range( _
        Start:=ActiveDocument.Paragraphs(2).Range.Start, _
        End:=ActiveDocument.Paragraphs(intCount - 1).Range.End)

    'Format the list template as a bullet
    Set lstTemplate = ListGalleries(Index:=wdBulletGallery) _
        .ListTemplates(7)

    'Format list with a picture bullet
    lstTemplate.ListLevels(1).ApplyPictureBullet _
                FileName:="c:\pictures\bluebullet.gif"

    'Apply the list format settings to the range
    rngRange.ListFormat.ApplyListTemplate _
        ListTemplate:=lstTemplate
End Sub

Applies to | ListLevel Object