PresetLightingDirection Property

Microsoft Word Visual Basic

Show All

PresetLightingDirection Property

       

Returns or sets the position of the light source relative to the extrusion. Read/write MsoPresetLightingDirection.

MsoPresetLightingDirection can be one of these MsoPresetLightingDirection constants.
msoLightingBottom
msoLightingBottomLeft
msoLightingBottomRight
msoLightingLeft
msoLightingNone
msoLightingRight
msoLightingTop
msoLightingTopLeft
msoLightingTopRight
msoPresetLightingDirectionMixed

expression.PresetLightingDirection

expression   Required. An expression that returns a ThreeDFormat object.

Remarks

The lighting effects you set won't be apparent if the extrusion has a wire frame surface.

Example

This example specifies that the extrusion for shape one on myDocument extend toward the top of the shape and that the lighting for the extrusion come from the left.

Set myDocument = ActiveDocument
With myDocument.Shapes(1).ThreeD
    .Visible = True
    .SetExtrusionDirection msoExtrusionTop
    .PresetLightingDirection = msoLightingLeft
End With