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Shapes.AddCallout Method

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Adds a new Shape object representing a borderless line callout to the specified Shapes collection.

Syntax

expression.AddCallout(Type, Left, Top, Width, Height)

expression   A variable that represents a Shapes object.

Parameters

Name Required/Optional Data Type Description
Type Required MsoCalloutType The type of callout line.
Left Required Variant The position of the left edge of the shape representing the line callout.
Top Required Variant The position of the top edge of the shape representing the line callout.
Width Required Variant The width of the shape representing the line callout.
Height Required Variant The height of the shape representing the line callout.

Return Value
Shape

Remarks

For the Left, Top, Width, and Height arguments, numeric values are evaluated in points; strings can be in any units supported by Microsoft Office Publisher (for example, "2.5 in").

The Type parameter can be one of these MsoCalloutType constants.

msoCalloutOne A horizontal or vertical single-segment callout line.
msoCalloutTwo A freely-rotating single-segment callout line.
msoCalloutThree A two-segment callout line.
msoCalloutFour A three-segment callout line.

Example

The following example adds a new freely-rotating callout line to the first page of the active publication.

Visual Basic for Applications 
  Dim shpCallout As Shape

Set shpCallout = ActiveDocument.Pages(1).Shapes.AddCallout _
(Type:=msoCalloutTwo, _
Left:=144, Top:=216, _
Width:=36, Height:=72)

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