# GrapeCity.Documents.Word.ContentControl.PlaceholderText

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<h1 id="GrapeCity_Documents_Word_ContentControl_PlaceholderText_" data-uid="GrapeCity.Documents.Word.ContentControl.PlaceholderText*">PlaceholderText Property
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<div class="markdown level1 summary"><p>Gets or sets the building block which shall be displayed in the content control when its run contents are empty.
If this property is null, then five non-breaking spaces shall be used as the default placeholder text.
This property has no effect if the property <a class="xref" href="GrapeCity.Documents.Word.ContentControl.ControlType.html#GrapeCity_Documents_Word_ContentControl_ControlType">ControlType</a> is <a class="xref" href="GrapeCity.Documents.Word.ContentControlType.html#GrapeCity_Documents_Word_ContentControlType_RepeatingSection">RepeatingSection</a>.</p>
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  <pre><code class="lang-csharp hljs">public BuildingBlock PlaceholderText { get; set; }</code></pre>
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  <pre><code class="lang-vbnet hljs">Public Property PlaceholderText As BuildingBlock</code></pre>
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