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Sequence.ConvertToTextUnitEffect Method

Returns an ColorEffect object that represents how text should be animated.

Namespace:  Microsoft.Office.Interop.PowerPoint
Assembly:  Microsoft.Office.Interop.PowerPoint (in Microsoft.Office.Interop.PowerPoint.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Function ConvertToTextUnitEffect ( _
    Effect As Effect, _
    unitEffect As MsoAnimTextUnitEffect _
) As Effect
'Usage
Dim instance As Sequence
Dim Effect As Effect
Dim unitEffect As MsoAnimTextUnitEffect
Dim returnValue As Effect

returnValue = instance.ConvertToTextUnitEffect(Effect, _
    unitEffect)
Effect ConvertToTextUnitEffect(
    Effect Effect,
    MsoAnimTextUnitEffect unitEffect
)

Parameters

Return Value

Type: Microsoft.Office.Interop.PowerPoint.Effect
Effect

Examples

This example adds an animation to a given shape and animates its accompanying text by character.

Sub NewTextUnitEffect()

    Dim shpFirst As Shape

    Dim tmlMain As TimeLine



    Set shpFirst = ActivePresentation.Slides(1).Shapes(1)

    Set tmlMain = ActivePresentation.Slides(1).TimeLine



    tmlMain.MainSequence.ConvertToTextUnitEffect_

        Effect:=tmlMain.MainSequence.AddEffect(Shape:=shpFirst, _

            EffectID:=msoAnimEffectRandomEffects), _

        unitEffect:=msoAnimTextUnitEffectByCharacter

End Sub

See Also

Reference

Sequence Interface

Sequence Members

Microsoft.Office.Interop.PowerPoint Namespace