Copies the selected object to the Clipboard as a picture. Variant.
expression.CopyPicture(Appearance, Format)
expression Required. An expression that returns one of the above objects.
Appearance Optional XlPictureAppearance. Specifies how the picture should be copied.
| XlPictureAppearance can be one of these XlPictureAppearance constants. |
| xlPrinter. The picture is copied as it will look when it's printed. |
| xlScreen default. The picture is copied to resemble its display on the screen as closely as possible |
Format Optional XlCopyPictureFormat. The format of the picture.
| XlCopyPictureFormat can be one of these XlCopyPictureFormat constants. |
| xlBitmap |
| xlPicture default |
Copies the selected object to the Clipboard as a picture. Variant.
expression.CopyPicture(Appearance, Format)>
expression Required. An expression that returns one of the above objects.
Appearance Optional XlPictureAppearance. Specifies how the picture should be copied.
| XlPictureAppearance can be one of these XlPictureAppearance constants. |
| xlPrinter. The picture is copied as it will look when it's printed. |
| xlScreen default. The picture is copied to resemble its display on the screen as closely as possible |
Format Optional XlCopyPictureFormat. The format of the picture.
| XlCopyPictureFormat can be one of these XlCopyPictureFormat constants. |
| xlBitmap |
| xlPicture default |
CopyPicture method as it applies to the Chart object.
Copies the selected object to the Clipboard as a picture.
expression.CopyPicture(Appearance, Format, Size)
expression Required. An expression that returns one of the above objects.
Appearance Optional XlPictureAppearance. Specifies how the picture should be copied.
| XlPictureAppearance can be one of these XlPictureAppearance constants. |
| xlPrinter. The picture is copied as it will look when it's printed. |
| xlScreen default. The picture is copied to resemble its display on the screen as closely as possible |
Format Optional XlCopyPictureFormat. The format of the picture.
| XlCopyPictureFormat can be one of these XlCopyPictureFormat constants. |
| xlBitmap |
| xlPicture default |
Size Optional XlPictureAppearance. The size of the copied picture when the object is a chart on a chart sheet (not embedded on a worksheet).
| XlPictureAppearance can be one of these XlPictureAppearance constants. |
| xlPrinter default. The picture is copied to match its printed size as closely as possible. |
| xlScreen. The picture is copied to match the size of its display on the screen as closely as possible. |
CopyPicture method as it applies to the Shape object.
Copies the selected object to the Clipboard as a picture.
expression.CopyPicture(Appearance, Format)
expression Required. An expression that returns one of the above objects.
Appearance Optional XlPictureAppearance. Specifies how the picture should be copied.
| XlPictureAppearance can be one of these XlPictureAppearance constants. |
| xlPrinter. The picture is copied as it will look when it's printed. |
| xlScreen default. The picture is copied to resemble its display on the screen as closely as possible |
Format Optional XlCopyPictureFormat. The format of the picture.
| XlCopyPictureFormat can be one of these XlCopyPictureFormat constants. |
| xlBitmap |
| xlPicture default |
Remarks
If you copy a range, it must be made up of adjacent cells.
Example
This example copies a screen image of cells A1:D4 on Sheet1 to the Clipboard, and then it pastes the bitmap to another location on Sheet1.
Worksheets("Sheet1").Range("A1:D4").CopyPicture xlScreen, xlBitmap
Worksheets("Sheet1").Paste _
Destination:=Worksheets("Sheet1").Range("E6")