TextRange Members

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Contains the text that is attached to a shape, and properties and methods for manipulating the text.

The TextRange type exposes the following members.

Properties

  Name Description
Public property ActionSettings Returns an ActionSettings object that contains information about what action occurs when the user clicks or moves the mouse over the specified shape or text range during a slide show. Read-only.
Public property Application Returns an Application object that represents the creator of the specified object.
Public property BoundHeight Returns the height (in points) of the text bounding box for the specified text frame. Read-only.
Public property BoundLeft Returns the distance (in points) from the left edge of the text bounding box for the specified text frame to the left edge of the slide. Read-only.
Public property BoundTop Returns the distance (in points) from the top of the of the text bounding box for the specified text frame to the top of the slide. Read-only.
Public property BoundWidth Returns the width (in points) of the text bounding box for the specified text frame. Read-only.
Public property Count Returns the number of objects in the collection. (Inherited from Collection.)
Public property Count Returns the number of objects in the specified collection. Read-only.
Public property Font Returns a Font object that represents character formatting. Read-only.
Public property IndentLevel Returns or sets the indent level for the specified text as an integer from 1 to 5, where 1 indicates a first-level paragraph with no indentation. Read/write.
Public property LanguageID Returns or sets the language for the specified text range. Read/write.
Public property Length Returns the length of the specified text range, in characters. Read-only.
Public property ParagraphFormat Returns a ParagraphFormat object that represents paragraph formatting for the specified text. Read-only.
Public property Parent Returns the parent object for the specified object.
Public property Start Returns the position of the first character in the specified text range relative to the first character in the shape that contains the text. Read-only.
Public property Text Returns or sets the text contained in the specified object. Read/write.

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Methods

  Name Description
Public method _Index(Int32) Reserved for internal use. (Inherited from Collection.)
Public method _Index(Int32) Reserved for internal use.
Public method AddPeriods Adds a period at the end of each paragraph in the specified text.
Public method ChangeCase Changes the case of the specified text.
Public method Characters Returns a TextRange object that represents the specified subset of text characters. For information about counting or looping through the characters in a text range, see the TextRange object.
Public method Copy Copies the specified object to the Clipboard.
Public method Cut Deletes the specified object and places it on the Clipboard.
Public method Delete Deletes the specified TextRange object.
Public method Find Finds the specified text in a text range, and returns a TextRange object that represents the first text range where the text is found. Returns a null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic) if no match is found.
Public method GetEnumerator() Returns an enumerator that iterates through the collection. (Inherited from Collection.)
Public method GetEnumerator() Returns an enumerator that iterates through the collection.
Public method InsertAfter Appends a string to the end of the specified text range. Returns a TextRange object that represents the appended text. When used without an argument, this method returns a zero-length string at the end of the specified range.
Public method InsertBefore Appends a string to the beginning of the specified text range. Returns a TextRange object that represents the appended text. When used without an argument, this method returns a zero-length string at the end of the specified range.
Public method InsertDateTime Inserts the date and time in the specified text range. Returns a TextRange object that represents the inserted text.
Public method InsertSlideNumber Inserts the slide number of the current slide into the specified text range. Returns a TextRange object that represents the slide number.
Public method InsertSymbol Returns a TextRange object that represents a symbol inserted into the specified text range.
Public method Lines Returns a TextRange object that represents the specified subset of text lines. For information about counting or looping through the lines in a text range, see the TextRange object.
Public method LtrRun Sets the direction of text in a text range to read from left to right.
Public method Paragraphs Returns a TextRange object that represents the specified subset of text paragraphs.
Public method Paste Pastes the text on the Clipboard into the specified text range, and returns a TextRange object that represents the pasted text.
Public method PasteSpecial Replaces the text range with the contents of the Clipboard in the format specified.
Public method RemovePeriods Removes the period at the end of each paragraph in the specified text.
Public method Replace Finds specific text in a text range, replaces the found text with a specified string, and returns a TextRange object that represents the first occurrence of the found text. Returns a null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic) if no match is found.
Public method RotatedBounds Returns the coordinates of the vertices of the text bounding box for the specified text range.
Public method RtlRun Sets the direction of text in a text range to read from right to left.
Public method Runs Returns a TextRange object that represents the specified subset of text runs. A text run consists of a range of characters that share the same font attributes.
Public method Select Selects the specified object.
Public method Sentences Returns a TextRange object that represents the specified subset of text sentences.
Public method TrimText Returns a TextRange object that represents the specified text minus any trailing spaces.
Public method Words Returns a TextRange object that represents the specified subset of text words.

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See Also

Reference

TextRange Interface

Microsoft.Office.Interop.PowerPoint Namespace