object that represents a collection of shapes in a drawing canvas.
expression.CanvasItems
expression Required. An expression that returns one of the objects in the Applies to list.
Example
This example creates a new drawing canvas in the active document and adds a circle to the canvas.
Sub NewCanvasShape()
Dim shpCanvas As Shape
Set shpCanvas = ActiveDocument.Shapes.AddCanvas( _
Left:=100, Top:=75, Width:=150, Height:=200)
shpCanvas.CanvasItems.AddShape _
Type:=msoShapeOval, Top:=25, _
Left:=25, Width:=150, Height:=150
End Sub