PresetDrop Method

Microsoft Word Visual Basic

PresetDrop Method

       

Specifies whether the callout line attaches to the top, bottom, or center of the callout text box or whether it attaches at a point that's a specified distance from the top or bottom of the text box.

expression.PresetDrop(DropType)

expression   Required. An expression that returns a CalloutFormat object.

 DropType  Required MsoCalloutDropType. The starting position of the callout line relative to the text bounding box. If you specify msoCalloutDropCustom, the values of the Drop and AutoAttach properties and the relative positions of the callout text box and callout line origin (the place that the callout points to) are used to determine where the callout line attaches to the text box.

MsoCalloutDropType can be one of these MsoCalloutDropType constants.
msoCalloutDropCenter
msoCalloutDropMixed
msoCalloutDropBottom
msoCalloutDropCustom
msoCalloutDropTop

Example

This example specifies that the callout line attach to the top of the text bounding box for the first shape on the active document. For the example to work, the first shape must be a callout.

ActiveDocument.Shapes(1).Callout.PresetDrop msoCalloutDropTop

This example toggles between two preset drops for the first shape on the active document. For the example to work, the first shape must be a callout.

With ActiveDocument.Shapes(1).Callout
    If .DropType = msoCalloutDropTop Then
        .PresetDrop msoCalloutDropBottom
    ElseIf .DropType = msoCalloutDropBottom Then
        .PresetDrop msoCalloutDropTop
    End If
End With