Shape Members
Represents an object in the drawing layer, such as an AutoShape, freeform, OLE object, ActiveX control, or picture.
The following tables list the members exposed by the Shape type.
Public Properties
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Adjustments | Returns a Adjustments object that contains adjustment values for all the adjustments in the specified Shape object that represents an AutoShape or WordArt. |
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AlternativeText | Returns or sets the alternative text associated with a shape in a Web page. |
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Anchor | Returns a Range object that represents the anchoring range for the specified shape. |
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Application | Returns a Application object that represents the Microsoft Word application. |
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AutoShapeType | Returns or sets the shape type for the specified Shape object, which must represent an AutoShape other than a line or freeform drawing. |
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Callout | Returns a CalloutFormat object that contains callout formatting properties for the specified shape. |
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CanvasItems | Returns a CanvasShapes object that represents a collection of shapes in a drawing canvas. |
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Child | Determines if the shape is a child shape. |
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ConnectionSiteCount | |
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ConnectorFormat | |
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Creator | Returns a 32-bit integer that indicates the application in which the specified object was created. |
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Diagram | Returns a Diagram object to which a diagram node belongs. |
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DiagramNode | Returns a DiagramNode object that represents a node in a diagram. |
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Fill | Returns a FillFormat object that contains fill formatting properties for the specified shape. |
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GroupItems | Returns a GroupShapes object that represents the individual shapes in the specified group. |
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HasDiagram | Determines if a shape is a diagram. |
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HasDiagramNode | Determines if a shape is a diagram node. |
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Height | Returns or sets the height of the specified shape in points. |
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HorizontalFlip | Indicates that a shape has been flipped horizontally. |
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Hyperlink | Returns a Hyperlink object that represents the hyperlink associated with the specified shape. |
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ID | Returns the type for the specified object. |
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LayoutInCell | Returns an Integer that represents whether a shape in a table is displayed inside the table or outside of the table. |
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Left | Returns or sets a Single that represents the horizontal position, measured in points, of the specified shape or shape range. |
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Line | Returns a LineFormat object that contains line formatting properties for the specified shape. |
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LinkFormat | Returns a LinkFormat object that represents the link options of the specified shape that's linked to a file. |
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LockAnchor | Determines if the specified Shape object's anchor is locked to the anchoring range. |
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LockAspectRatio | Determines if you can change the height and width of the shape independently of one another when you resize it or if it retains its original proportions. |
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Name | Returns or sets the name of the specified object. |
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Nodes | Returns a ShapeNodes collection that represents the geometric description of the specified shape. |
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OLEFormat | Returns a OLEFormat object that represents the OLE characteristics (other than linking) for the specified shape. |
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Parent | Returns an object that represents the parent object of the specified object. |
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ParentGroup | Returns a Shape object that represents the common parent shape of a child shape. |
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PictureFormat | Returns a PictureFormat object that contains picture formatting properties for the specified object. |
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RelativeHorizontalPosition | Specifies to what the horizontal position of a shape is relative. |
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RelativeVerticalPosition | Specifies to what the vertical position of a shape is relative. |
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Rotation | Returns or sets the number of degrees the specified shape is rotated around the z-axis. |
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Script | Returns a Microsoft.Office.Core.Script object, which represents a block of script or code on the specified Web page. |
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Shadow | Returns a ShadowFormat object that represents the shadow formatting for the specified shape. |
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TextEffect | Returns a TextEffectFormat object that contains text-effect formatting properties for the specified shape. |
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TextFrame | Returns a TextFrame object that contains the text for the specified shape. |
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ThreeD | Returns a ThreeDFormat object that contains formatting properties of the three-dimensional effect for the specified shape. |
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Top | Returns or sets the vertical position of the specified shape in points. |
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Type | Returns the shape type. |
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VerticalFlip | Determines if the specified shape is flipped around the vertical axis. |
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Vertices | Returns the coordinates of the specified freeform drawing's vertices (and control points for Bézier curves) as a series of coordinate pairs. |
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Visible | Determines if the specified object, or the formatting applied to it, is visible. |
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Width | Returns or sets the width of the specified object, in points. |
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WrapFormat | Returns a WrapFormat object that contains the properties for wrapping text around the specified shape. |
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ZOrderPosition | Returns the position of the specified shape in the z-order. |
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Public Methods
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Activate | Activates the specified object. |
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Apply | Applies to the specified shape formatting that has been copied using the PickUp method. |
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CanvasCropBottom | Crops a percentage of the height of a drawing canvas from the bottom of the canvas. |
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CanvasCropLeft | Crops a percentage of the width of a drawing canvas from the left side of the canvas. |
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CanvasCropRight | Crops a percentage of the width of a drawing canvas from the right side of the canvas. |
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CanvasCropTop | Crops a percentage of the height of a drawing canvas from the top of the canvas. |
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ConvertToFrame | Converts the specified shape to a frame. |
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ConvertToInlineShape | Converts the specified shape in the drawing layer of a document to an inline shape in the text layer. |
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Delete | Deletes the specified object. |
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Duplicate | Creates a duplicate of the specified Shape object, adds the new range of shapes to the Shapes collection at a standard offset from the original shapes, and then returns the new Shape object. |
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Flip | Flips a shape horizontally or vertically. |
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IncrementLeft | Moves the specified shape horizontally by the specified number of points. |
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IncrementRotation | Changes the rotation of the specified shape around the z-axis by the specified number of degrees. |
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IncrementTop | Moves the specified shape vertically by the specified number of points. |
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PickUp | Copies the formatting of the specified shape. |
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RerouteConnections | |
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ScaleHeight | Scales the height of the shape by a specified factor. |
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ScaleWidth | Scales the width of the shape by a specified factor. |
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Select | Selects the specified object. |
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SetShapesDefaultProperties | Applies the formatting of the specified shape to a default shape for that document. New shapes inherit many of their attributes from the default shape. |
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Ungroup | Ungroups any grouped shapes in the specified shape. |
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ZOrder | Moves the specified shape in front of or behind other shapes in the collection (that is, changes the shape's position in the z-order). |
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