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TextFrame.Orientation property (PowerPoint)

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Returns or sets text orientation. Read/write.

Syntax

expression.Orientation

expression A variable that represents a TextFrame object.

Return value

MsoTextOrientation

Remarks

Some of these constants may not be available to you, depending on the language support (U.S. English, for example) that you've selected or installed.

The value of the Orientation property can be one of these MsoTextOrientation constants.
msoTextOrientationDownward
msoTextOrientationHorizontal
msoTextOrientationHorizontalRotatedFarEast
msoTextOrientationMixed
msoTextOrientationUpward
msoTextOrientationVertical
msoTextOrientationVerticalFarEast

Example

This example orients the text horizontally within shape three on myDocument.

Set myDocument = ActivePresentation.Slides(1)

myDocument.Shapes(3).TextFrame.Orientation = msoTextOrientationHorizontal

See also

TextFrame Object

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