TextFrame Object

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Represents the text frame in a Shape object. Contains the text in the text frame and the properties and methods that control the alignment and anchoring of the text frame.

Example

Use the TextFrame property to return a TextFrame object. The following example adds a rectangle to myDocument, adds text to the rectangle, and then sets the margins for the text frame.

Visual Basic for Applications 
  Set myDocument = ActivePresentation.Slides(1)
With myDocument.Shapes _
        .AddShape(msoShapeRectangle, 0, 0, 250, 140).TextFrame
    .TextRange.Text = "Here is some test text"
    .MarginBottom = 10
    .MarginLeft = 10
    .MarginRight = 10
    .MarginTop = 10
End With

Use the HasTextFrame property to determine whether a shape has a text frame, and use the HasText property to determine whether the text frame contains text, as shown in the following example.

Visual Basic for Applications 
  Set myDocument = ActivePresentation.Slides(1)
For Each s In myDocument.Shapes
    If s.HasTextFrame Then
        With s.TextFrame
            If .HasText Then MsgBox .TextRange.Text
        End With
    End If
Next

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