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Shape.Child property (Word)

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True if the shape is a child shape or if all shapes in a shape range are child shapes of the same parent. Read-only MsoTriState.

Syntax

expression.Child

expression Required. A variable that represents a Shape object.

Example

This example selects the first shape in the canvas, and if the selected shape is a child shape, fills the shape with the specified color. This example assumes that the first shape in the active document is a drawing canvas that contains multiple shapes.

Sub FillChildShape() 
 
 Dim shpCanvasItem As Shape 
 
 'Select the first shape in the drawing canvas 
 Set shpCanvasItem = ActiveDocument.Shapes(1).CanvasItems(1) 
 
 'Fill selected shape if it is a child shape 
 With shpCanvasItem 
 If .Child = msoTrue Then 
 .Fill.ForeColor.RGB = RGB(100, 0, 200) 
 Else 
 MsgBox "This shape is not a child shape." 
 End If 
 End With 
 
End Sub

See also

Shape Object

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