TextEffectFormat Object Members

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PowerPoint Developer Reference

Contains properties and methods that apply to WordArt objects.

Methods

  Name Description
Bb251498.methods(en-us,office.12).gif ToggleVerticalText Switches the text flow in the specified WordArt from horizontal to vertical, or vice versa.

Properties

  Name Description
Bb251498.properties(en-us,office.12).gif Alignment Returns or sets the alignment for the specified WordArt. Read/write MsoTextEffectAlignment.
Bb251498.properties(en-us,office.12).gif Application Returns an Application object that represents the creator of the specified object.
Bb251498.properties(en-us,office.12).gif Creator Returns a Long that represents the four-character creator code for the application in which the specified object was created. For example, if the object was created in PowerPoint, this property returns the hexadecimal number 50575054. Read-only.
Bb251498.properties(en-us,office.12).gif FontBold Determines whether the font in the specified WordArt is bold. Read/write MsoTriState.
Bb251498.properties(en-us,office.12).gif FontItalic Determines whether the font in the specified WordArt is italic. Read/write MsoTriState.
Bb251498.properties(en-us,office.12).gif FontName Returns or sets the name of the font in the specified WordArt. Read/write String
Bb251498.properties(en-us,office.12).gif FontSize Returns or sets the font size for the specified WordArt in points.
Bb251498.properties(en-us,office.12).gif KernedPairs Determines whether the character pairs in the specified WordArt are kerned. Read/write MsoTriState.
Bb251498.properties(en-us,office.12).gif NormalizedHeight Determines whether the characters (both uppercase and lowercase) in the specified WordArt are the same height. Read/write MsoTriState.
Bb251498.properties(en-us,office.12).gif Parent Returns the parent object for the specified object.
Bb251498.properties(en-us,office.12).gif PresetShape Returns or sets the shape of the specified WordArt. Read/write MsoPresetTextEffectShape.
Bb251498.properties(en-us,office.12).gif PresetTextEffect Returns or sets the style of the specified WordArt. The values for this property correspond to the formats in the WordArt Quick Styles tab (numbered from left to right, top to bottom). Read/write MsoPresetTextEffect.
Bb251498.properties(en-us,office.12).gif RotatedChars Determines whether characters in the specified WordArt are rotated 90 degrees relative to the WordArt's bounding shape. Read/write MsoTriState.
Bb251498.properties(en-us,office.12).gif Text Returns or sets a String that represents the text contained in the specified object. Read/write.
Bb251498.properties(en-us,office.12).gif Tracking Returns or sets the ratio of the horizontal space allotted to each character in the specified WordArt to the width of the character. Can be a value from 0 (zero) through 5. (Large values for this property specify ample space between characters; values less than 1 can produce character overlap.) Read/write Single. The following table gives the values of the Tracking property that correspond to the settings available in the user interface.