SetEditingType Method

Microsoft PowerPoint Visual Basic

SetEditingType Method

       

Sets the editing type of the node specified by Index. If the node is a control point for a curved segment, this method sets the editing type of the node adjacent to it that joins two segments. Note that, depending on the editing type, this method may affect the position of adjacent nodes.

expression.SetEditingType(Index, EditingType)

expression   Required. An expression that returns a ShapeNodes object.

Index   Required Long. The node whose editing type is to be set.

EditingType  Required MsoEditingType. The editing type.

MsoEditingType can be one of these MsoEditingType constants.
msoEditingAuto
msoEditingCorner
msoEditingSmooth
msoEditingSymmetric

Example

This example changes all corner nodes to smooth nodes in shape three on myDocument. Shape three must be a freeform drawing.

Set myDocument = ActivePresentation.Slides(1)
With myDocument.Shapes(3).Nodes
    For n = 1 to .Count
        If .Item(n).EditingType = msoEditingCorner Then
            .SetEditingType n, msoEditingSmooth
        End If
    Next
End With