Shape.GetWidth Method (Publisher)

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09/15/2015

Returns the width of the shape or shape range as a Single in the specified units.

Syntax

expression .GetWidth(Unit)

expression A variable that represents a Shape object.

Parameters

Name	Required/Optional	Data Type	Description
Unit	Required	PbUnitType	The units in which to return the width.

Return Value

Single

Remarks

The Unit parameter can be one of the PbUnitType constants declared in the Microsoft Publisher type library.

Use the GetHeight method to return the height of a shape or shape range.

Example

The following example displays the height and width in inches (to the nearest hundredth) of the shape range consisting of all the shapes on the first page of the active publication.

With ActiveDocument.Pages(1).Shapes.Range 
 MsgBox "Height of all shapes: " _ 
 & Format(.GetHeight(Unit:=pbUnitInch), "0.00") _ 
 & " in" & vbCr _ 
 & "Width of all shapes: " _ 
 & Format(.GetWidth(Unit:=pbUnitInch), "0.00") _ 
 & " in" 
End With

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