Shape.ScaleWidth Method

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Scales the width of the shape by a specified factor. For pictures and OLE objects, you can indicate whether you want to scale the shape relative to the original size or relative to the current size.

Syntax

expression.ScaleWidth(Factor, RelativeToOriginalSize, fScale)

expression   A variable that represents a Shape object.

Parameters

Name Required/Optional Data Type Description
Factor Required Single Specifies the ratio between the width of the shape after you resize it and the current or original width. For example, to make a rectangle 50 percent larger, specify 1.5 for this argument.
RelativeToOriginalSize Required MsoTristate Specifies whether to scale relative to the object's original or current size.
fScale Optional MsoScaleFrom The part of the shape that retains its position when the shape is scaled.

Remarks

The RelativeToOriginalSize parameter can be one of the MsoTriState constants declared in the Microsoft Office type library and shown in the following table.

Constant Description
msoFalse Scales the shape relative to its current size.
msoTrue Scales the shape relative to its original size.

The fScale parameter can be one of the MsoScaleFrom constants declared in the Microsoft Office type library and shown in the following table. The default is msoScaleFromTopLeft.

msoScaleFromBottomRight
msoScaleFromMiddle
msoScaleFromTopLeft

Shapes other than pictures and OLE objects are always scaled relative to their current width; specifying a RelativeToOriginalSize value of msoTrue for shapes other than pictures or OLE objects causes an error.

Use the ScaleHeight method to scale the height of a shape.

Example

This example scales all pictures and OLE objects on the first page of the active publication to 175 percent of their original height and width, and it scales all other shapes to 175 percent of their current height and width.

Visual Basic for Applications 
  ' Looping variable.
Dim shpLoop As Shape

' Loop through all the shapes on the first page.
For Each shpLoop In ActiveDocument.Pages(1).Shapes
With shpLoop
Select Case .Type
' If the shape is a picture or OLE object,
' scale relative to original size.
Case pbPicture, pbLinkedPicture, _
pbEmbeddedOLEObject, pbLinkedOLEObject, _
pbOLEControlObject
.ScaleHeight Factor:=1.75, _
RelativeToOriginalSize:=True
.ScaleWidth Factor:=1.75, _
RelativeToOriginalSize:=True
' If the shape is not a picture or OLE object,
' scale relative to the current size.
Case Else
.ScaleHeight Factor:=1.75, _
RelativeToOriginalSize:=False
.ScaleWidth Factor:=1.75, _
RelativeToOriginalSize:=False
End Select
End With
Next shpLoop

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