AddTextbox Method

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

Syntax

expression.AddTextbox(Orientation, Left, Top, Width, Height)

expression   Required. An expression that returns a Shapes object.

Orientation   Required Long. The text orientation within the label. Can be one of the following MsoTextOrientation constants: msoTextOrientationDownward, msoTextOrientationHorizontal, msoTextOrientationMixed, msoTextOrientationHorizontalRotatedFarEast, msoTextOrientationUpward, msoTextOrientationVertical, or msoTextOrientationVerticalFarEast. Some of these constants may not be available to you, depending on the language support (U.S. English, for example) that you’ve selected or installed.

Left, Top   Required Single. The position (in points) of the upper-left corner of the text box relative to the upper-left corner of the document.

Width, Height   Required Single. The width and height of the text box, in points.