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TextFrame.Overflowing property (Word)

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True if the text inside the specified text frame doesn't all fit within the frame. Read-only Boolean.

Syntax

expression. Overflowing

expression An expression that returns a TextFrame object.

Example

This example checks to see whether the text in MyTextBox is overflowing its text frame. If so, the example adds another text box and links the two text boxes so that the text flows into the next one.

Set myTBox = ActiveDocument.Shapes("MyTextBox") 
If myTBox.TextFrame.Overflowing = True Then 
 Set nextTBox = ActiveDocument.Shapes. _ 
 AddTextbox(msoTextOrientationHorizontal, 72, 72, 100, 200) 
 MyTBox.TextFrame.Next = nextTBox.TextFrame 
End If

See also

TextFrame Object

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