Left Property

Applies To

Application object, DocumentWindow object, Shape object, ShapeRange collection object, SlideShowWindow object.

Description

Returns or sets the left position of the object (in points), as shown in the following table. Read/write Single.

Object

Meaning

Application, SlideShowWindow

The distance from the left edge of the application window or slideshow window to the left edge of the desktop. Setting this property to a very large positive or negative value may position the window completely off the desktop.

DocumentWindow

The distance from the left edge of the document window to the left edge of the application window's client area.

Shape

The distance from the left edge of the shape's bounding box to the left edge of the document.

ShapeRange

The distance from the left edge of the leftmost shape in the shape range to the left edge of the document.


See Also

Height property, IncrementLeft method, Top property, Width property.

Example

This example arranges windows one and two horizontally; in other words, each window occupies half the available vertical space and all the available horizontal space in the application window's client area. For this example to work, there must be only two document windows open.

Windows.Arrange ppArrangeTiled
ah = Windows(1).Height                          ' available height
aw = Windows(1).Width + Windows(2).Width        ' available width
With Windows(1)
    .Width = aw
    .Height = ah / 2
    .Left = 0
End With
With Windows(2)
    .Width = aw
    .Height = ah / 2
    .Top = ah / 2
    .Left = 0
End With