InlineShape Interface

Definition

Namespace:

Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word

Assembly:

Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.dll

Represents an object in the text layer of a document.

public interface class InlineShape

[System.Runtime.InteropServices.Guid("000209A8-0000-0000-C000-000000000046")]
public interface InlineShape

type InlineShape = interface

Public Interface InlineShape

Attributes

GuidAttribute

Remarks

An inline shape can only be a picture, an OLE object, or an ActiveX control. InlineShape objects are treated like characters and are positioned as characters within a line of text. The InlineShape object is a member of the InlineShapes collection. The InlineShapes collection contains all the shapes in a document, range, or selection.

Use InlineShapes(index), where index is the index number, to return a single InlineShape object. Inline shapes don't have names.

Shape objects are anchored to a range of text but are free-floating and can be positioned anywhere on the page. You can use the ConvertToInlineShape() method and the ConvertToShape() methods to convert shapes from one type to the other. You can convert only pictures, OLE objects, and ActiveX controls to inline shapes. Use the Type property to return the type of inline shape: picture, linked picture, embedded OLE object, linked OLE object, or ActiveX control.

When you open a document created in an earlier version of Microsoft Word, pictures are converted to inline shapes.

Properties

AlternativeText	Returns or sets the alternative text associated with a shape in a Web page.
AnchorID
Application	Returns a Application object that represents the Microsoft Word application.
Borders	Returns a Borders collection that represents all the borders for the specified object.
Chart	Returns a chart within the collection of inline shapes in a document. Read-only.
Creator	Returns a 32-bit integer that indicates the application in which the specified object was created.
EditID
Field	Returns a Field object that represents the field associated with the specified shape.
Fill	Returns a FillFormat object that contains fill formatting properties for the specified shape.
Glow	Returns the formatting properties for a glow effect. Read-only.
GroupItems	Returns the shapes that are grouped together for an inline shape. Read-only.
HasChart	True if the specified shape is a chart. Read-only.
HasSmartArt	Gets True if there is a SmartArt diagram present on the shape.
Height	Returns or sets the height of the specified inline shape.
HorizontalLineFormat	Returns a HorizontalLineFormat object that contains the horizontal line formatting for the specified InlineShape object.
Hyperlink	Returns a Hyperlink object that represents the hyperlink associated with the specified InlineShape object.
IsPictureBullet	Determines if a InlineShape object is a picture bullet.
Line	Returns a LineFormat object that contains line formatting properties for the specified shape.
LinkFormat	Returns a LinkFormat object that represents the link options of the specified InlineShape that's linked to a file.
LockAspectRatio	Determines whether the specified shape retains its original proportions when you resize it.
OLEFormat	Returns a OLEFormat object that represents the OLE characteristics (other than linking) for the specified InlineShape.
OWSAnchor	Reserved for internal use.
Parent	Returns an object that represents the parent object of the specified object.
PictureFormat	Returns a PictureFormat object that contains picture formatting properties for the specified object.
Range	Returns a Range object that represents the portion of a document that's contained in the specified object.
Reflection	Returns the reflection formatting for a shape. Read-only.
ScaleHeight	Scales the height of the specified inline shape relative to its original size.
ScaleWidth	Scales the width of the specified inline shape relative to its original size.
Script	Returns a Script object, which represents a block of script or code on the specified Web page.
Shadow	Returns the shadow formatting for the specified shape. Read-only.
SmartArt	Gets a SmartArt object that provides a way to work with the SmartArt associated with the specified inline shape.
SoftEdge	Returns the soft edge formatting for a shape. Read-only.
TextEffect	Returns a TextEffectFormat object that contains text-effect formatting properties for the specified shape.
Title	Gets or sets a value that contains a title for the specified inline shape.
Type	Returns the type of inline shape.
Width	Returns or sets the width of the specified object, in points.

Methods

Activate()	Activates the specified object.
ConvertToShape()	Converts an inline shape to a free-floating shape and returns a Shape object that represents the new shape.
Delete()	Deletes the specified object.
Reset()	Removes changes that were made to an inline shape.
Select()	Selects the specified object.