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CalloutFormat.Accent Property

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Returns or sets an MsoTriState constant indicating whether a vertical accent bar separates the callout text from the callout line. Read/write.

Syntax

expression.Accent

expression   A variable that represents a CalloutFormat object.

Return Value
MsoTriState

Remarks

The Accent property value can be one of these MsoTriState constants.

Constant Description
msoCTrue Not used with this property.
msoFalse A vertical accent bar does not separate the callout text from the callout line.
msoTriStateMixed Return value only; indicates a combination of msoTrue and msoFalse in the specified shape range.
msoTriStateToggle Set value only; switches between msoTrue and msoFalse.
msoTrue A vertical accent bar separates the callout text from the callout line.

Example

This example adds an oval to the active publication and a callout that points to the oval. The callout text will not have a border, but it will have a vertical accent bar that separates the text from the callout line.

Visual Basic for Applications 
  With ActiveDocument.Pages(1).Shapes
    ' Add an oval.
    .AddShape Type:=msoShapeOval, _
        Left:=180, Top:=200, Width:=280, Height:=130

' Add a callout.
With .AddCallout(Type:=msoCalloutTwo, _
        Left:=420, Top:=170, Width:=170, Height:=40)

    ' Add text to the callout.
    .TextFrame.TextRange.Text = "This is an oval"

    ' Add an accent bar to the callout.
    With .Callout
        .Accent = msoTrue
        .Border = msoFalse
    End With
End With



End With

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