I would like to know if there's a known way to 'fit' a text box (assuming the text does not wrap) in Visual Basic 2010. This could be somewhat equivalent to just defining a text box and letting the entered text define the width / height, like in PowerPoint's GUI where a newly created textbox simply expands as one types. My code is as follows:
Set tbox1 = slideObject.Shapes.AddTextbox(Orientation:=msoTextOrientationHorizontal, Left:=20, Top:=300, Width:=72, Height:=16)
With tbox1.TextFrame.TextRange
.Text = "the text in the text box"
.Font.Bold = True
.Font.Name = "Calibri"
.Font.Size = 10
End With
With tbox1.Fill
.Visible = True
.ForeColor.RGB = RGB(255, 255, 255)
End With
With tbox1.Line
.Visible = True
.ForeColor.RGB = RGB(0, 0, 0)
.Weight = 2
End With
Thanks for the help!!!
This will resize the shape, but if you allow wordwrap then you end up with a tall skinny shape with one letter per line...
tbox1.TextFrame.WordWrap = False
tbox1.TextFrame.AutoSize = ppAutoSizeShapeToFitText
Do you need text to wrap?