Shapes.AddPicture method (Word)

Adds a picture to a document. Returns a Shape object that represents the picture and adds it to the Shapes collection.

Syntax

expression.AddPicture (FileName, LinkToFile, SaveWithDocument, Left, Top, Width, Height, Anchor)

expression Required. A variable that represents a Shapes object.

Parameters

Name	Required/Optional	Data type	Description
FileName	Required	String	The path and file name of the picture.
LinkToFile	Optional	Variant	True to link the picture to the file from which it was created. False to make the picture an independent copy of the file. The default value is False.
SaveWithDocument	Optional	Variant	True to save the linked picture with the document. The default value is False.
Left	Optional	Variant	The position, measured in points, of the left edge of the new picture relative to the drawing canvas.
Top	Optional	Variant	The position, measured in points, of the top edge of the new picture relative to the drawing canvas.
Width	Optional	Variant	The width of the picture, in points.
Height	Optional	Variant	The height of the picture, in points.
Anchor	Optional	Range	A Range in the document.

Return value

Shape

Example

This example adds a picture to a newly created drawing canvas in the active document.

Sub NewCanvasPicture() 
 Dim shpCanvas As Shape 
 
 'Add a drawing canvas to the active document 
 Set shpCanvas = ActiveDocument.Shapes _ 
 .AddCanvas(Left:=100, Top:=75, _ 
 Width:=200, Height:=300) 
 
 'Add a graphic to the drawing canvas 
 shpCanvas.CanvasItems.AddPicture _ 
 FileName:="C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\" & _ 
 "Office\Bitmaps\Styles\stone.bmp", _ 
 LinkToFile:=False, SaveWithDocument:=True 
End Sub

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