TextRange Property Example

This example adds a text box to the active document and then adds text to the text box.

Set myTBox = ActiveDocument.Shapes _
    .AddTextBox(Orientation:=msoTextOrientationHorizontal, _
    Left:=100, Top:=100, Width:=300, Height:=200)
myTBox.TextFrame.TextRange = "Test Box"

This example adds text to TextBox 1 in the active document.

ActiveDocument.Shapes("TextBox 1").TextFrame.TextRange _
    .InsertAfter("New Text")

This example returns the text from TextBox 1 in the active document and displays it in a message box.

MsgBox ActiveDocument.Shapes("TextBox 1").TextFrame.TextRange.Text