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ShapeRange.Distribute Method

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Evenly distributes the shapes in the specified range of shapes. .

Syntax

expression.Distribute(Distribute, RelativeTo)

expression   Required. A variable that represents a ShapeRange object.

Parameters

Name Required/Optional Data Type Description
Distribute Required MsoDistributeCmd Specifies whether to distribute shapes horizontally or vertically.
RelativeTo Required Long True to distribute the shapes evenly over the entire horizontal or vertical space on the page. False to distribute them within the horizontal or vertical space that the range of shapes originally occupies.

Remarks

You can specify whether you want to distribute the shapes horizontally or vertically and whether you want to distribute them over the entire page or just over the space they originally occupy.

Example

This example defines a shape range that contains all the AutoShapes on the active document and then horizontally distributes the shapes in this range.

Visual Basic for Applications 
  With ActiveDocument.Shapes
    numShapes = .Count
    If numShapes > 1 Then
        numAutoShapes = 0
        ReDim autoShpArray(1 To numShapes)
        For i = 1 To numShapes
            If .Item(i).Type = msoAutoShape Then
                numAutoShapes = numAutoShapes + 1
                autoShpArray(numAutoShapes) = .Item(i).Name
            End If
        Next
        If numAutoShapes > 1 Then
            ReDim Preserve autoShpArray(1 To numAutoShapes)
            Set asRange = .Range(autoShpArray)
            asRange.Distribute msoDistributeHorizontally, False
        End If
    End If
End With

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