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Shape.BlackWhiteMode Property

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PowerPoint Developer Reference

Returns or sets a value that indicates how the specified shape appears when the presentation is viewed in black-and-white mode. Read/write.

Syntax

expression.BlackWhiteMode

expression   A variable that represents a Shape object.

Return Value
MsoBlackWhiteMode

Remarks

The value of the BlackWhiteMode property can be one of these MsoBlackWhiteMode constants.

msoBlackWhiteAutomatic
msoBlackWhiteBlack
msoBlackWhiteBlackTextAndLine
msoBlackWhiteDontShow
msoBlackWhiteGrayOutline
msoBlackWhiteGrayScale
msoBlackWhiteHighContrast
msoBlackWhiteInverseGrayScale
msoBlackWhiteLightGrayScale
msoBlackWhiteMixed
msoBlackWhiteWhite

Example

This example sets shape one on myDocument to appear in black-and-white mode. When you view the presentation in black-and-white mode, shape one will appear black, regardless of what color it is in color mode.

Visual Basic for Applications 
  Set myDocument = ActivePresentation.Slides(1)
myDocument.Shapes(1).BlackWhiteMode = msoBlackWhiteBlack

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