Selection.ChildShapeRange Property (Word)
Returns a ShapeRange collection representing the child shapes contained within a selection.
Syntax
expression .ChildShapeRange
expression An expression that returns a Selection object.
Example
This example creates a new document with a drawing canvas, populates the drawing canvas with shapes, and then, after checking that the shapes selected are child shapes, fills the child shapes with a pattern.
Sub ChildShapes()
Dim docNew As Document
Dim shpCanvas As Shape
'Create a new document with a drawing canvas and shapes
Set docNew = Documents.Add
Set shpCanvas = docNew.Shapes.AddCanvas( _
Left:=100, Top:=100, Width:=200, Height:=200)
shpCanvas.CanvasItems.AddShape msoShapeRectangle, _
Left:=0, Top:=0, Width:=100, Height:=100
shpCanvas.CanvasItems.AddShape msoShapeOval, _
Left:=0, Top:=50, Width:=100, Height:=100
shpCanvas.CanvasItems.AddShape msoShapeDiamond, _
Left:=0, Top:=100, Width:=100, Height:=100
'Select all shapes in the canvas
shpCanvas.CanvasItems.SelectAll
'Fill canvas child shapes with a pattern
If Selection.HasChildShapeRange = True Then
Selection.ChildShapeRange.Fill.Patterned msoPatternDivot
Else
MsgBox "This is not a range of child shapes."
End If
End Sub