AutoShapeType Property

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Returns or sets the shape type for the specified Shape or ShapeRange object, which must represent an AutoShape other than a line or freeform drawing. Read/write Long.

Note   When you change the type of a shape, the shape retains its size, color, and other attributes.

Can be one of the following MsoAutoShapeType constants:

msoShape16pointStar msoShape24pointStar msoShape32pointStar msoShape4pointStar msoShape5pointStar msoShape8pointStar msoShapeActionButtonBackorPrevious msoShapeActionButtonBeginning msoShapeActionButtonCustom msoShapeActionButtonDocument msoShapeActionButtonEnd msoShapeActionButtonForwardorNext msoShapeActionButtonHelp msoShapeActionButtonHome msoShapeActionButtonInformation msoShapeActionButtonMovie msoShapeActionButtonReturn msoShapeActionButtonSound msoShapeArc msoShapeBalloon msoShapeBentArrow msoShapeBentUpArrow msoShapeBevel msoShapeBlockArc msoShapeCan msoShapeChevron msoShapeCircularArrow msoShapeCloudCallout msoShapeCross msoShapeCube msoShapeCurvedDownArrow msoShapeCurvedDownRibbon msoShapeCurvedLeftArrow msoShapeCurvedRightArrow msoShapeCurvedUpArrow msoShapeCurvedUpRibbon msoShapeDiamond msoShapeDonut msoShapeDoubleBrace msoShapeDoubleBracket msoShapeDoubleWave msoShapeDownArrow msoShapeDownArrowCallout msoShapeDownRibbon msoShapeExplosion1 msoShapeExplosion2 msoShapeFlowchartAlternateProcess msoShapeFlowchartCard msoShapeFlowchartCollate msoShapeFlowchartConnector msoShapeFlowchartData msoShapeFlowchartDecision msoShapeFlowchartDelay msoShapeFlowchartDirectAccessStorage msoShapeFlowchartDisplay msoShapeFlowchartDocument msoShapeFlowchartExtract msoShapeFlowchartInternalStorage msoShapeFlowchartMagneticDisk msoShapeFlowchartManualInput msoShapeFlowchartManualOperation msoShapeFlowchartMerge msoShapeFlowchartMultidocument msoShapeFlowchartOffpageConnector msoShapeFlowchartOr msoShapeFlowchartPredefinedProcess msoShapeFlowchartPreparation msoShapeFlowchartProcess msoShapeFlowchartPunchedTape msoShapeFlowchartSequentialAccessStorage

msoShapeFlowchartSort msoShapeFlowchartStoredData msoShapeFlowchartSummingJunction msoShapeFlowchartTerminator msoShapeFoldedCorner msoShapeHeart msoShapeHexagon msoShapeHorizontalScroll msoShapeIsoscelesTriangle msoShapeLeftArrow msoShapeLeftArrowCallout msoShapeLeftBrace msoShapeLeftBracket msoShapeLeftRightArrow msoShapeLeftRightArrowCallout msoShapeLeftRightUpArrow msoShapeLeftUpArrow msoShapeLightningBolt msoShapeLineCallout1 msoShapeLineCallout1AccentBar msoShapeLineCallout1BorderandAccentBar msoShapeLineCallout1NoBorder msoShapeLineCallout2 msoShapeLineCallout2AccentBar msoShapeLineCallout2BorderandAccentBar msoShapeLineCallout2NoBorder msoShapeLineCallout3 msoShapeLineCallout3AccentBar msoShapeLineCallout3BorderandAccentBar msoShapeLineCallout3NoBorder msoShapeLineCallout4 msoShapeLineCallout4AccentBar msoShapeLineCallout4BorderandAccentBar msoShapeLineCallout4NoBorder msoShapeMixed msoShapeMoon msoShapeNoSymbol msoShapeNotchedRightArrow msoShapeNotPrimitive msoShapeOctagon msoShapeOval msoShapeOvalCallout msoShapeParallelogram msoShapePentagon msoShapePlaque msoShapeQuadArrow msoShapeQuadArrowCallout msoShapeRectangle msoShapeRectangularCallout msoShapeRegularPentagon msoShapeRightArrow msoShapeRightArrowCallout msoShapeRightBrace msoShapeRightBracket msoShapeRightTriangle msoShapeRoundedRectangle msoShapeRoundedRectangularCallout msoShapeSmileyFace msoShapeStripedRightArrow msoShapeSun msoShapeTrapezoid msoShapeUpArrow msoShapeUpArrowCallout msoShapeUpDownArrow msoShapeUpDownArrowCallout msoShapeUpRibbon msoShapeUTurnArrow msoShapeVerticalScroll msoShapeWave