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CanvasShapes Collection

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Use the CanvasItems property of either a Shape or ShapeRange object to return a CanvasShapes collection.

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To add shapes to a drawing canvas, use the following methods of the CanvasShapes collection: AddCallout , AddConnectorAddCurve , AddLabel , AddLine , AddPicture , AddPolyline , AddShape , AddTextbox , AddTextEffect , or BuildFreeform. The following example adds a drawing canvas to the active document and then adds three shapes to the drawing canvas.

Visual Basic for Applications 
  Sub AddCanvasShapes()
    Dim shpCanvas As Shape
    Dim shpCanvasShapes As CanvasShapes
    Dim shpCnvItem As Shape

'Adds a new canvas to the document
Set shpCanvas = ActiveDocument.Shapes _
    .AddCanvas(Left:=100, Top:=75, _
    Width:=50, Height:=75)
Set shpCanvasShapes = shpCanvas.CanvasItems

'Adds shapes to the CanvasShapes collection
With shpCanvasShapes
    .AddShape Type:=msoShapeRectangle, _
        Left:=0, Top:=0, Width:=50, Height:=50
    .AddShape Type:=msoShapeOval, _
        Left:=5, Top:=5, Width:=40, Height:=40
    .AddShape Type:=msoShapeIsoscelesTriangle, _
        Left:=0, Top:=25, Width:=50, Height:=50
End With



End Sub

Use CanvasItems(index), where index is the name or the index number, to return a single shape in the CanvasShapes collection. The following example sets the Line and Fill properties and vertically flips the third shape in a drawing canvas.

Visual Basic for Applications 
  Sub CanvasShapeThree()
    With ActiveDocument.Shapes(1).CanvasItems(3)
        .Line.ForeColor.RGB = RGB(50, 0, 255)
        .Fill.ForeColor.RGB = RGB(50, 0, 255)
        .Flip msoFlipVertical
    End With
End Sub

Each shape is assigned a default name when it is created. For example, if you add three different shapes to a document, they might be named Rectangle 2, TextBox 3, and Oval 4. Use the Name property to reference the default name or to assign a more meaningful name to a shape.

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