BoundLeft Property

Applies To

TextRange object.

Description

Returns the distance (in points) from the left edge of the text bounding box for the specified text frame to the left edge of the slide. Read-only Single.

See Also

BoundHeight property, BoundTop property, BoundWidth property.

Example

This example adds a rounded rectangle to slide one in the active presentation. The rectangle has the same dimensions as the text bounding box for shape one.

With Application.ActivePresentation.Slides(1).Shapes
    Set tr = .Item(1).TextFrame.TextRange
    Set roundRect = .AddShape(msoShapeRoundedRectangle, _
        tr.BoundLeft, tr.BoundTop, tr.BoundWidth, tr.BoundHeight)
End With
With roundRect.Fill
    .ForeColor.RGB = RGB(255, 0, 128)
    .Transparency = 0.75
End With