Overflowing Property

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

expression.Overflowing

expression   Required. 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