Shapes Object
Publisher Developer Reference |
A collection of Shape objects that represent all the shapes on a page of a publication. Each Shape object represents an object in the drawing layer, such as an AutoShape, freeform, OLE object, or picture.
Note
If you want to work with a subset of the shapes on a document — for example, to do something to only the AutoShapes on the document or to only the selected shapes — you must construct a ShapeRange collection that contains the shapes with which you want to work.
Note |
---|
If you want to work with a subset of the shapes on a document — for example, to do something to only the AutoShapes on the document or to only the selected shapes — you must construct a ShapeRange collection that contains the shapes with which you want to work. |
Example
Use the Shapes property to return the Shapes collection. The following example selects all the shapes on the first page of the active publication.
Visual Basic for Applications |
---|
|
Note |
---|
If you want to do something (like delete or set a property) to all the shapes in a publication at the same time, use the Range method to create a ShapeRange object that contains all the shapes in the Shapes collection, and then apply the appropriate property or method to the ShapeRange object. |
Use one of the following methods of the Shapes collection: AddCallout , AddConnector , AddCurve , AddLabel , AddLine , AddOLEObject , AddPolyline , AddShape , AddTextbox , or AddTextEffect to add a shape to a publication and return a Shape object that represents the newly created shape. The following example adds a new shape to the active publication.
Visual Basic for Applications |
---|
|
Use Shapes(index), where index is the index number, to return a single Shape object. The following example horizontally flips shape one on the first page of the active publication.
Visual Basic for Applications |
---|
|
See Also