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An individual content control. Content controls are bounded and potentially labeled regions in a document that serve as containers for specific types of content. Individual content controls may contain contents such as dates, lists, or paragraphs of formatted text. The ContentControl object is a member of the ContentControls collection.

The ContentControl type exposes the following members.

Methods

	Name	Description
	Copy	Copies the content control from the active document to the Clipboard.
	Cut	Removes the content control from the active document and moves the content control to the Clipboard.
	Delete	Deletes the specified content control and the contents of the content control.
	SetCheckedSymbol	Sets the symbol used to represent the checked state of a check box content control.
	SetPlaceholderText	Sets the placeholder text that displays in the content control until a user enters their own text.
	SetUncheckedSymbol	Sets the symbol used to represent the unchecked state of a check box content control.
	Ungroup	Removes a group content control from a document so that its child content controls are no longer nested and can be freely edited.

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Properties

	Name	Description
	Application	Returns an _Application object that represents the Microsoft Word application.
	BuildingBlockCategory	Returns or sets the category for a building block content control. Read/write.
	BuildingBlockType	Returns or sets the type of building block for a building block content control. Read/write.
	Checked	Gets or sets the current state (checked/unchecked) for a check box.
	Creator	Returns a 32-bit integer that indicates the application in which the add-in was created. Read-only.
	DateCalendarType	Returns or sets the calendar type for a calendar content control. Read/write.
	DateDisplayFormat	Returns or sets the format in which dates are displayed. Read/write.
	DateDisplayLocale	Returns a the language format for the date displayed in a date content control. Read/write.
	DateStorageFormat	Returns or sets the format for storage and retrieval of dates when a date content control is bound to the XML data store of the active document. Read/write.
	DefaultTextStyle	Returns or sets the name of the character style to use to format text in a text content control. Read/write.
	DropdownListEntries	Returns the items in a drop-down list content control or in a combo box content control. Read-only.
	ID	Returns the identification for a content control. Read-only.
	LockContentControl	Returns or sets a Boolean that represents whether the user can delete a content control from the active document. Read/write.
	LockContents	Returns or sets a Boolean that represents whether the user can edit the contents of a content control. Read/write.
	MultiLine	Returns a Boolean that represents whether a text content control allows multiple lines of text. Read/write.
	Parent	Returns an that represents the parent object of the specified ContentControl object.
	ParentContentControl	Returns the parent content control for a content control that is nested inside a rich-text control or group control. Read-only.
	PlaceholderText	Returns a BuildingBlock object that represents the placeholder text for a content control. Read-only.
	Range	Returns a Range that represents the contents of the content control in the active document. Read-only.
	ShowingPlaceholderText	Returns a Boolean that indicates whether the placeholder text for the content control is displayed. Read-only.
	Tag	Returns or sets a value to identify a content control. Read/write.
	Temporary	Returns or sets a Boolean that represents whether to remove a content control from the active document when the user edits the contents of the control. Read/write.
	Title	Returns or sets the title for a content control. Read/write.
	Type	Returns or sets the type for a content control. Read/write.
	XMLMapping	Returns the mapping of a content control to XML data in the data store of a document. Read-only.

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See Also

Reference

ContentControl Interface

Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word Namespace