Shapes.AddCallout Method (Excel)

Creates a borderless line callout. Returns a Shape object that represents the new callout.

Syntax

expression .AddCallout(Type, Left, Top, Width, Height)

expression A variable that represents a Shapes object.

Parameters

Name	Required/Optional	Data Type	Description
Type	Required	MsoCalloutType	The type of callout line.
Left	Required	Single	The position (in points) of the upper-left corner of the callout's bounding box relative to the upper-left corner of the document.
Top	Required	Single	The position (in points) of the upper-left corner of the callout's bounding box relative to the upper-left corner of the document.
Width	Required	Single	The width of the callout's bounding box, in points.
Height	Required	Single	The height of the callout's bounding box, in points.

Return Value

Shape

Remarks

MsoCalloutType can be one of these MsoCalloutType constants.

msoCalloutOne. A single-segment callout line that can be either horizontal or vertical.

msoCalloutTwo. A single-segment callout line that rotates freely.

msoCalloutMixed.

msoCalloutThree. A two-segment line.

msoCalloutFour. A three-segment line.

You can insert a greater variety of callouts by using the AddShape method.

Example

This example adds a borderless callout with a freely rotating one-segment callout line to myDocument and then sets the callout angle to 30 degrees.

Set myDocument = Worksheets(1) 
myDocument.Shapes.AddCallout(Type:=msoCalloutTwo, _ 
    Left:=50, Top:=50, Width:=200, Height:=100) _ 
    .Callout.Angle = msoCalloutAngle30

See Also

Concepts

Shapes Object Members

Shapes Object