AddPlaceholder Method

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Restores a previously deleted placeholder on a slide. Returns a Shape object that represents the restored placeholder.

Note If you haven't previously deleted the specified placeholder, this method causes an error.

Syntax

expression.AddPlaceholder(Type, Left, Top, Width, Height)

expression   Required. An expression that returns a Shapes object.

Type   Required Long. The type of placeholder to be restored. Can be one of the following PpPlaceholderType constants:

ppPlaceholderBitmap

ppPlaceholderBody

ppPlaceholderCenterTitle

ppPlaceholderChart

ppPlaceholderDate

ppPlaceholderFooter

ppPlaceholderHeader

ppPlaceholderMediaClip

ppPlaceholderMixed

ppPlaceholderObject

ppPlaceholderOrgChart

ppPlaceholderSlideNumber

ppPlaceholderSubtitle

ppPlaceholderTable

ppPlaceholderTitle

ppPlaceholderVerticalBody

ppPlaceholderVerticalTitle


Placeholders of type ppPlaceholderVerticalBody or ppPlaceholderVerticalTitle are found only on slides of layout type ppLayoutVerticalText, ppLayoutClipArtAndVerticalText, ppLayoutVerticalTitleAndText, or ppLayoutVerticalTitleAndTextOverChart. You cannot create slides with any of these layouts from the user interface; you must create them programmatically by using the Add method or by setting the Layout property of an existing slide.

Left, Top   Optional Single. The position (in points) of the upper-left corner of the placeholder relative to the upper-left corner of the document.

Width, Height   Optional Single. The width and height of the placeholder, in points.

Remarks

If more than one placeholder of a specified type has been deleted from the slide, the AddPlaceholder method will add them back to the slide, one by one, starting with the placeholder that has the lowest original index number.