Shapes Object Members

Word Developer Reference

A collection of Shape objects that represent all the shapes in a document or all the shapes in all the headers and footers in a document. Each Shape object represents an object in the drawing layer, such as an AutoShape, freeform, OLE object, or picture.

Methods

	Name	Description
	AddCallout	Adds a borderless line callout to a drawing canvas.
	AddCanvas	Adds a drawing canvas to a document. Returns a Shape object that represents the drawing canvas and adds it to the Shapes collection.
	AddChart	Inserts a chart, of the specified type, as a shape into the active document, and opens Microsoft Office Excel with a sheet that contains the default data that Microsoft Office Word uses to create the chart.
	AddCurve	Returns a Shape object that represents a Bézier curve in a drawing canvas.
	AddLabel	Adds a text label to a drawing canvas.
	AddLine	Adds a line to a drawing canvas.
	AddOLEControl	Creates an ActiveX control (formerly known as an OLE control). Returns the InlineShape object that represents the new ActiveX control.
	AddOLEObject	Creates an OLE object. Returns the InlineShape object that represents the new OLE object.
	AddPicture	Adds a picture to a drawing canvas. Returns a Shape object that represents the picture and adds it to the CanvasShapes collection.
	AddPolyline	Adds an open or closed polygon to a drawing canvas. Returns a Shape object that represents the polygon and adds it to the CanvasShapes collection.
	AddShape	Adds an AutoShape to a drawing canvas.
	AddTextbox	Adds a text box to a drawing canvas.
	AddTextEffect	Adds a WordArt shape to a drawing canvas. Returns a Shape object that represents the WordArt and adds it to the CanvasShapes collection.
	BuildFreeform	Builds a freeform object.
	Item	Returns an individual Shape object in a collection.
	Range	Returns a ShapeRange object that represents the shapes within a range.
	SelectAll	Selects all the shapes in a collection of shapes.

Properties

	Name	Description
	Application	Returns an Application object that represents the Microsoft Word application.
	Count	Returns a Long that represents the number of shapes in the collection. Read-only.
	Creator	Returns a 32-bit integer that indicates the application in which the specified object was created. Read-only Long.
	Parent	Returns an Object that represents the parent object of the specified Shapes object.