Layers.Item

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Layers.Item

Property Item(IndexOrName As Variant) As Layer

Description

Member of Layers

The Item property returns the layer associated with a specified index number. It is the default property of the Layers class.

You can access layers by their index number or name.

The Item property returns a read-only value.

Parameter

Description

IndexOrName

Specifies the layer by its index number or name:

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Index — Specifies the preset placeholder that uniquely identifies each member of the Layers collection

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Name — Specifies the string that uniquely identifies each layer

VBA example

The following VBA example creates a rectangle on the topmost layer of the first page of the active document, and it also creates a horizontal line on the Guides layer.

Sub Test()

Dim d As Document

Dim p As Page

Set d = ActiveDocument

Set p = d.Pages(1)

p.Layers(1).CreateRectangle 0, 0, 3, 3

d.Pages(0).Layers("Guides").CreateLineSegment 0, 4, 5, 4

End Sub