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3.7.2 Group and Linked Shapes within a Canvas

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The following code example illustrates a drawing canvas that contains a shape and a group, which contains a picture and a shape. The two shapes are linked and share a text box story.

 <a:graphic xmlns:a="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/drawingml/2006/main">
     <a:graphicData uri="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/word/2010/wordprocessingCanvas">
         <wpc:wpc>
             <wpc:bg/>
             <wpc:whole/>
             <wps:wsp>
                 <wps:cNvPr id="3" name="Text Box 3"/>
                 <wps:cNvSpPr txBox="1"/>
                 <wps:spPr>
                     …
                 </wps:spPr>
                 <wps:style>
                     …
                 </wps:style>
                 <wps:txbx id="1">
                     <w:txbxContent>
                         …
                     </w:txbxContent>
                 </wps:txbx>
                 <wps:bodyPr … >
                     …
                 </wps:bodyPr>
             </wps:wsp>
             <wpg:wgp>
                 <wpg:cNvPr id="5" name="Group 5"/>
                 <wpg:cNvGrpSpPr/>
                 <wpg:grpSpPr>
                 </wpg:grpSpPr>
                 <pic:pic xmlns:pic="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/drawingml/2006/picture">
                     <pic:nvPicPr>
                         <pic:cNvPr id="2" name="Picture 2"/>
                         …
                     </pic:nvPicPr>
                     …
                 </pic:pic>
                 <wps:wsp>
                     <wps:cNvPr id="4" name="Text Box 4"/>
                     <wps:cNvSpPr txBox="1"/>
                     <wps:spPr>
                         …
                     </wps:spPr>
                     <wps:style>
                         …
                     </wps:style>
                     <wps:linkedTxbx id="1" seq="1"/>
                     <wps:bodyPr … >
                         …
                     </wps:bodyPr>
                 </wps:wsp>
             </wpg:wgp>
         </wpc:wpc>
     </a:graphicData>
 </a:graphic>