Shapes.AddCallout Method (Excel)

Creates a borderless line callout. Returns a Shape object that represents the new callout.

Syntax

expression .AddCallout(Type, Left, Top, Width, Height)

expression A variable that represents a Shapes object.

Parameters

Name

Required/Optional

Data Type

Description

Type

Required

MsoCalloutType

The type of callout line.

Left

Required

Single

The position (in points) of the upper-left corner of the callout's bounding box relative to the upper-left corner of the document.

Top

Required

Single

The position (in points) of the upper-left corner of the callout's bounding box relative to the upper-left corner of the document.

Width

Required

Single

The width of the callout's bounding box, in points.

Height

Required

Single

The height of the callout's bounding box, in points.

Return Value

Shape

Remarks

MsoCalloutType can be one of these MsoCalloutType constants.

msoCalloutOne. A single-segment callout line that can be either horizontal or vertical.

msoCalloutTwo. A single-segment callout line that rotates freely.

msoCalloutMixed.

msoCalloutThree. A two-segment line.

msoCalloutFour. A three-segment line.

You can insert a greater variety of callouts by using the AddShape method.

Example

This example adds a borderless callout with a freely rotating one-segment callout line to myDocument and then sets the callout angle to 30 degrees.

Set myDocument = Worksheets(1) 
myDocument.Shapes.AddCallout(Type:=msoCalloutTwo, _ 
    Left:=50, Top:=50, Width:=200, Height:=100) _ 
    .Callout.Angle = msoCalloutAngle30

See Also

Concepts

Shapes Object Members

Shapes Object