Breaks the forward link for the specified text frame, if such a link exists.
expression.BreakForwardLink
expression Required. An expression that returns a TextFrame object.
Remarks
Applying this method to a shape in the middle of a chain of shapes with linked text frames will break the chain, leaving two sets of linked shapes. All of the text, however, will remain in the first series of linked shapes.
Example
This example creates a new document adds a chain of three linked text boxes to it, and then breaks the link after the second text box.
Dim shapeTextbox1 As Shape
Dim shapeTextbox2 As Shape
Dim shapeTextbox3 As Shape
Documents.Add
Set shapeTextbox1 = ActiveDocument.Shapes.AddTextbox _
(Orientation:=msoTextOrientationHorizontal, _
Left:=InchesToPoints(1.5), _
Top:=InchesToPoints(0.5), _
Width:=InchesToPoints(1), _
Height:=InchesToPoints(0.5))
shapeTextbox1.TextFrame.TextRange = "This is some text. " _
& "This is some more text. This is even more text."
Set shapeTextbox2 = ActiveDocument.Shapes.AddTextbox _
(Orientation:=msoTextOrientationHorizontal, _
Left:=InchesToPoints(1.5), _
Top:=InchesToPoints(1.5), _
Width:=InchesToPoints(1), _
Height:=InchesToPoints(0.5))
Set shapeTextbox3 = ActiveDocument.Shapes.AddTextbox _
(Orientation:=msoTextOrientationHorizontal, _
Left:=InchesToPoints(1.5), _
Top:=InchesToPoints(2.5), _
Width:=InchesToPoints(1), _
Height:=InchesToPoints(0.5))
shapeTextbox1.TextFrame.Next = shapeTextbox2.TextFrame
shapeTextbox2.TextFrame.Next = shapeTextbox3.TextFrame
MsgBox "Textboxes 1, 2, and 3 are linked."
shapeTextbox2.TextFrame.BreakForwardLink