View.ShowPicturePlaceHolders property (Word)

True if blank boxes are displayed as placeholders for pictures. Read/write Boolean.

Syntax

expression. ShowPicturePlaceHolders

expression An expression that returns a 'View' object.

Example

This example inserts a picture in the active document and displays picture placeholders in the active window.

Selection.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseStart 
ActiveDocument.InlineShapes.AddPicture Range:=Selection.Range, _ 
 FileName:="C:\Windows\Bubbles.bmp" 
ActiveDocument.ActiveWindow.View.ShowPicturePlaceHolders = True

See also

View Object

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