Shapes.AddTextbox Method (Publisher)
Adds a new Shape object representing a text box to the specified Shapes collection.
Syntax
expression .AddTextbox(Orientation, Left, Top, Width, Height)
expression A variable that represents a Shapes object.
Parameters
Name |
Required/Optional |
Data Type |
Description |
|---|---|---|---|
Orientation |
Required |
PbTextOrientation |
The orientation of the text box. |
Left |
Required |
Variant |
The position of the left edge of the shape representing the text box. |
Top |
Required |
Variant |
The position of the top edge of the shape representing the text box. |
Width |
Required |
Variant |
The width of the shape representing the text box. |
Height |
Required |
Variant |
The height of the shape representing the text box. |
Return Value
Shape
Remarks
For the Left, Top, Width, and Height parameters numeric values are evaluated in points; strings can be in any units supported by Microsoft Publisher (for example, "2.5 in").
The Orientation parameter can be one of the PbTextOrientation constants declared in the Microsoft Publisher type library and shown in the following table.
Constant |
Description |
|---|---|
pbTextOrientationHorizontal |
A horizontal text box for left-to-right languages. |
pbTextOrientationRightToLeft |
A horizontal text box for right-to-left languages. This value has no effect if a right-to-left language is not selected. |
pbTextOrientationVerticalEastAsia |
A vertical text box for East Asian languages. If a non-East Asian language is selected, text appears rotated 90 degrees to the right. |
Example
The following example adds a new horizontal text box to the first page of the active publication.
Dim shpTextBox As Shape
Set shpTextBox = ActiveDocument.Pages(1).Shapes.AddTextBox _
(Orientation:=pbTextOrientationHorizontal, _
Left:=144, Top:=144, _
Width:=72, Height:=18)