Class PlaceholderFormat (PowerPoint VBA)

Contains properties that apply specifically to placeholders, such as placeholder type. To use a PlaceholderFormat class variable it first needs to be instantiated, for example

Dim pft as PlaceholderFormat
Set pft = ActiveWindow.RangeFromPoint.PlaceholderFormat

ContainedType

Returns the type of the shape that contains the specified placeholder format.

The value returned by the ContainedType property can be one of the MsoShapeType constants.

Dim mstContainedType As Office.MsoShapeType
mstContainedType = ActiveWindow.RangeFromPoint.PlaceholderFormat.ContainedType

Name

Returns or sets the name of the specified object.

ActiveWindow.RangeFromPoint.PlaceholderFormat.Name =

Position

Dim lngPosition As Long
lngPosition = ActiveWindow.RangeFromPoint.PlaceholderFormat.Position

Type

Represents the type of placeholder. Here you can find possible values for PpPlaceholderType.

The value of the Type property can be one of these PpPlaceholderType constants.

Dim pptType As PpPlaceholderType
pptType = ActiveWindow.RangeFromPoint.PlaceholderFormat.Type