FillFormat.Visible Property

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Returns or sets an MsoTriState constant indicating whether the specified object or the formatting applied to the specified object is visible. Read/write.

Syntax

expression.Visible

expression   A variable that represents a FillFormat object.

Remarks

The Visible property value can be one of the MsoTriState constants declared in the Microsoft Office type library and shown in the following table.

Constant Description
msoFalse The specified object or formatting is not visible.
msoTriStateMixed Return value only. The specified shape range contains both objects with visible formatting and objects with invisible formatting.
msoTriStateToggle Set value only. Switches the specified object between visible and invisble.
msoTrue The specified object or formatting is visible.

Example

This example sets the horizontal and vertical offsets for the shadow of shape three on the first page in the active publication. The shadow is offset 5 points to the right of the shape and 3 points above it. If the shape does not already have a shadow, this example adds one to it.

Visual Basic for Applications 
  With ActiveDocument.Pages(1).Shapes(3).Shadow
    .Visible = msoTrue
    .OffsetX = 5
    .OffsetY = -3
End With

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