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ShapeRange object (Publisher)

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Represents a shape range, which is a set of shapes on a document. A shape range can contain as few as one shape or as many as all the shapes in the document. You can include whichever shapes you want—chosen from among all the shapes in the document or all the shapes in the selection—to construct a shape range. For example, you could construct a ShapeRange collection that contains the first three shapes in a document, all the selected shapes in a document, or all the freeform shapes in a document.

Note

Most operations that you can do with a Shape object, you can also do with a ShapeRange object that contains only one shape. Some operations, when performed on a ShapeRange object that contains more than one shape, cause an error.

Remarks

Use Shapes.Range (index), where index is the index number of the shape or an array that contains index numbers of shapes, to return a ShapeRange collection that represents a set of shapes in a publication. Use Visual Basic's Array function to construct an array of index numbers.

Although you can use the Shapes.Range method to return any number of shapes, it is simpler to use the Item method if you want to return only a single member of the collection. For example, Shapes (1) is simpler than Shapes.Range (1).

Use Selection.ShapeRange (index), where index is the index number of the shape, to return a Shape object that represents a shape within a selection.

Use the Align method, Distribute method, or ZOrder method to position a set of shapes relative to each other or relative to the document.

Use the Group method, Regroup method, or Ungroup method to create and work with a single shape formed from a shape range. The GroupItems property returns the GroupShapes object, which represents all the shapes that were grouped to form one shape.

Example

The following example sets the fill pattern for shapes one through three on the active publication.

Sub ChangeFillPattern() 
    ActiveDocument.Pages(1).Shapes.Range(Array(1, 2, 3)) _ 
        .Fill.PresetGradient Style:=msoGradientDiagonalDown, _ 
        Variant:=1, PresetGradientType:=msoGradientHorizon 
End Sub

The following example selects the first two shapes on the first page of the active publication and then sets the fill for the first shape in the selection.

Sub ChangeFillForShapeRange() 
    ActiveDocument.Pages(1).Shapes.Range(Array(1, 2)).Select 
    Selection.ShapeRange(1).Fill.ForeColor.RGB = RGB(255, 0, 0) 
End Sub

This example selects all the shapes on the first page of the active publication, and then adds and formats text in the second shape in the range.

Sub SelectShapesOnPageOne() 
    ActiveDocument.Pages(1).Shapes.Range.Select 
    With Selection.ShapeRange(2).TextFrame.TextRange 
        .Text = "Shape Number 2" 
        .ParagraphFormat.Alignment = pbParagraphAlignmentCenter 
        .Font.Size = 25 
    End With 
End Sub

This example specifies a shape range and left-aligns and vertically distributes the shapes on the page.

Sub AlignDistributeShapes() 
    Dim rngShapes As ShapeRange 
    Set rngShapes = ActiveDocument.Pages(1).Shapes.Range 
 
    With rngShapes 
        .Align AlignCmd:=msoAlignLefts, RelativeTo:=msoFalse 
        .Distribute DistributeCmd:=msoDistributeVertically, RelativeTo:=msoTrue 
    End With 
End Sub

This example specifies a shape range and left-aligns and vertically distributes the shapes on the page.

Sub GroupShapes() 
    Dim rngShapes As ShapeRange 
    Set rngShapes = ActiveDocument.Pages(1).Shapes.Range 
    rngShapes.Group 
 
    rngShapes(1).Fill.OneColorGradient _ 
        Style:=msoGradientFromCenter, _ 
        Variant:=2, Degree:=1 
End Sub

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