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TextRange2.BoundLeft Property (Office)

Gets the left coordinate, in points, of the text bounding box for the specified text. Read-only.

Syntax

expression. BoundLeft

expression An expression that returns a TextRange2 object.

Return Value

Single

Remarks

The text bounding box is not the same as the TextFrame object. The TextFrame object represents the container in which the text can reside. The text bounding box represents the perimeter immediately surrounding the text.

Example

This example adds a rounded rectangle to slide one with the same dimensions as the text bounding box.

With ActivePresentation.Slides(1).Shapes(1) 
 Set txb = .TextFrame.Text 
 Set roundRect = .AddShape(ppShapeRoundRect, _ 
 txb.BoundLeft, txb.BoundTop, txb.BoundWidth, txb.BoundHeight) 
 roundRect.Fill.Transparency = 0.25 
End With 

See also

Concepts

TextRange2 Object

Other resources

TextRange2 Object Members