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SetEditingType Method

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Sets the editing type of the node specified by Index. If the node is a control point for a curved segment, this method sets the editing type of the node adjacent to it that joins two segments. Note that, depending on the editing type, this method may affect the position of adjacent nodes.

expression**.SetEditingType(Index**, EditingType)

expression Required. An expression that returns a ShapeNodes object.

Index    Required Long. The node whose editing type is to be set.

MsoEditingType

MsoEditingType can be one of these MsoEditingType constants.
msoEditingAuto
msoEditingCorner
msoEditingSmooth
msoEditingSymmetric

Example

This example changes all corner nodes to smooth nodes in the third shape on the active document. The third shape must be a freeform drawing.

Dim lngLoop As lngLoop

With ActiveDocument.Shapes(3).Nodes
    For lngLoop = 1 to .Count
        If .Item(lngLoop).EditingType = msoEditingCorner Then
            .SetEditingType lngLoop, msoEditingSmooth
        End If
    Next lngLoop
End With

Applies to | ShapeNodes Collection Object