ThreeDFormat.PresetLightingDirection Property

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Returns or sets the position of the light source relative to the extrusion. Read/write MsoPresetLightingDirection.

Syntax

expression.PresetLightingDirection

expression   Required. A variable that represents a ThreeDFormat object.

Remarks

The lighting effects you set will not be apparent if the extrusion has a wireframe surface.

Example

This example specifies that the extrusion for shape one on myDocument extend toward the top of the shape and that the lighting for the extrusion come from the left.

Visual Basic for Applications 
  Set myDocument = ActiveDocument
With myDocument.Shapes(1).ThreeD
    .Visible = True
    .SetExtrusionDirection msoExtrusionTop
    .PresetLightingDirection = msoLightingLeft
End With

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