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Shape.OLEFormat property (Publisher)

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Returns an OLEFormat object that contains OLE formatting properties for the specified shape. Applies to Shape or ShapeRange objects that represent OLE objects.

Syntax

expression.OLEFormat

expression A variable that represents a Shape object.

Example

This example loops through all the shapes on the first page of the active document and automatically updates all linked Excel worksheets.

Sub UpdateLinkedExcelSpreadsheets() 
 Dim shp As Shape 
 For Each shp In ActiveDocument.Pages(1).Shapes 
 If shp.Type = msoLinkedOLEObject Then 
 If shp.OLEFormat.ProgId = "Excel.Sheet" Then 
 shp.LinkFormat.Update 
 End If 
 End If 
 Next shp 
End Sub

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