Shapes.AddTextbox method (PowerPoint)

Creates a text box. Returns a Shape object that represents the new text box.

Syntax

expression. AddTextbox( _Orientation_, _Left_, _Top_, _Width_, _Height_ )

expression A variable that represents a Shapes object.

Parameters

Name	Required/Optional	Data type	Description
Orientation	Required	MsoTextOrientation	The text orientation. Some of these constants may not be available to you, depending on the language support (U.S. English, for example) that you have selected or installed.
Left	Required	Single	The position, measured in points, of the left edge of the text box relative to the left edge of the slide.
Top	Required	Single	The position, measured in points, of the top edge of the text box relative to the top edge of the slide.
Width	Required	Single	The width of the text box, measured in points.
Height	Required	Single	The height of the text box, measured in points.

Return value

Shape

Example

This example adds a text box that contains the text "Test Box" to myDocument.

Set myDocument = ActivePresentation.Slides(1) 
myDocument.Shapes.AddTextbox(Orientation:=msoTextOrientationHorizontal, _ 
    Left:=100, Top:=100, Width:=200, Height:=50).TextFrame _ 
    .TextRange.Text = "Test Box"

See also

Shapes Object

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