Bold Content Control Placeholder

gmaxey · #1 10-14-2019, 06:08 AM

Graham's method may work but it will effect the typed text as well. If you want the PHT to be bold and the typed text normal then you could set the PHT to saved building block entry of the PHT with block font) e.g.,

Code:

If A Then
  ActiveDocument.ContentControls(1).SetPlaceholderText ThisDocument.AttachedTemplate.BuildingBlockEntries("PHT1")
Else
  ActiveDocument.ContentControls(1).SetPlaceholderText ThisDocument.AttachedTemplate.BuildingBlockEntries("PHT2")
End If

gmayor · #2 10-14-2019, 09:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gmaxey

Graham's method may work but it will effect the typed text as well

Actually it doesn't appear to in my tests (admittedly not exhaustive), but if you remove the text entered into the control it does not revert to showing the bold placeholder.

You could get round that with a macro

Code:

Private Sub Document_ContentControlOnExit(ByVal ContentControl As ContentControl, Cancel As Boolean)
    If ContentControl.Title = "myContentControl" Then
        If ContentControl.ShowingPlaceholderText = True Then
            ContentControl.Range.Font.Bold = True
        End If
    End If
End Sub

You could add an Else branch to set the font to normal weight if required.

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