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CalloutFormat.PresetDrop Method

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Specifies whether the callout line attaches to the top, bottom, or center of the callout text box or whether it attaches at a point that is a specified distance from the top or bottom of the text box.

Syntax

expression.PresetDrop(DropType)

expression   A variable that represents a CalloutFormat object.

Parameters

Name Required/Optional Data Type Description
DropType Required MsoCalloutDropType The starting position of the callout line relative to the text bounding box.

Remarks

The DropType parameter can be one of the MsoCalloutDropType constants declared in the Microsoft Office type library and shown in the following table.

msoCalloutDropBottom
msoCalloutDropCenter
msoCalloutDropCustom
msoCalloutDropTop

Example

This example specifies that the callout line attach to the top of the text bounding box for the first shape in the active publication. For the example to work, the shape must be a callout.

Visual Basic for Applications 
  ActiveDocument.Pages(1).Shapes(1).Callout.PresetDrop DropType:=msoCalloutDropTop

This example switches between two preset drops for the first shape one in the active publication. For the example to work, the shape must be a callout.

Visual Basic for Applications 
  With ActiveDocument.Pages(1).Shapes(1).Callout
    Select Case .DropType
        Case msoCalloutDropTop
            .PresetDrop DropType:=msoCalloutDropBottom
        Case msoCalloutDropBottom
            .PresetDrop DropType:=msoCalloutDropTop
    End Select
End With

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