Shapes.AddLabel Method

Adds a text label to a document. Returns a Shape object that represents the text label and adds it to the Shapes collection.

Namespace:  Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word
Assembly:  Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word (in Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Function AddLabel ( _
    Orientation As MsoTextOrientation, _
    Left As Single, _
    Top As Single, _
    Width As Single, _
    Height As Single, _
    ByRef Anchor As Object _
) As Shape
'Usage
Dim instance As Shapes
Dim Orientation As MsoTextOrientation
Dim Left As Single
Dim Top As Single
Dim Width As Single
Dim Height As Single
Dim Anchor As Object
Dim returnValue As Shape

returnValue = instance.AddLabel(Orientation, _
    Left, Top, Width, Height, Anchor)
Shape AddLabel(
    MsoTextOrientation Orientation,
    float Left,
    float Top,
    float Width,
    float Height,
    ref Object Anchor
)

Parameters

  • Orientation
    Type: MsoTextOrientation
    Required MsoTextOrientation. The orientation of the text.
    MsoTextOrientation can be one of the following constants:
    msoTextOrientationDownward
    msoTextOrientationHorizontal
    msoTextOrientationHorizontalRotatedFarEast
    msoTextOrientationMixed
    msoTextOrientationUpward
    msoTextOrientationVertical
    msoTextOrientationVerticalFarEast
    Some of these constants may not be available to you, depending on the language support (U.S. English, for example) that you’ve selected or installed.
  • Left
    Type: System.Single
    Required Single. The position, measured in points, of the left edge of the label relative to the anchor.
  • Top
    Type: System.Single
    Required Single. The position, measured in points, of the top edge of the label relative to the anchor.
  • Width
    Type: System.Single
    Required Single. The width of the label, in points.
  • Height
    Type: System.Single
    Required Single. The height of the label, in points.
  • Anchor
    Type: System.Object%
    Optional Object. A Range object that represents the text to which the label is bound. If Anchor is specified, the anchor is positioned at the beginning of the first paragraph in the anchoring range. If this argument is omitted, the anchoring range is selected automatically and the label is positioned relative to the top and left edges of the page.

Return Value

Type: Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.Shape

See Also

Reference

Shapes Interface

Shapes Members

Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word Namespace