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ScratchArea Object Members

Publisher Developer Reference

Represents the area outside the boundaries of publication pages where layout elements may be stored with no effect on publication output.

Properties

  Name Description
Aa438761.properties(en-us,office.12).gif Application Used without an object qualifier, this property returns an Application object that represents the current instance of Publisher. Used with an object qualifier, this property returns an Application object that represents the creator of the specified object. When used with an OLE Automation object, it returns the object's application.
Aa438761.properties(en-us,office.12).gif Parent Returns an object that represents the parent object of the specified object. For example, for a TextFrame object, returns a Shape object representing the parent shape of the text frame. Read-only.
Aa438761.properties(en-us,office.12).gif Shapes Returns a Shapes collection that represents all the Shape objects in the specified publication. This collection can contain drawings, shapes, pictures, OLE objects, ActiveX controls, text objects, and callouts.