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WD97: Changing Relative Position Causes Shape to Jump to Top of Page

Article ID: 271477

Article Last Modified on 1/29/2007

APPLIES TO

Microsoft Word 97 Standard Edition

This article was previously published under Q271477

SYMPTOMS

When you run the following macro example to change the position of the selected AutoShape to "relative to page", the AutoShape jumps to the top of the page:

Sub ChangeRelativeToPage()

   Dim selectedShape As Word.Shape

   Set selectedShape = Selection.ShapeRange(1)
   selectedShape.RelativeVerticalPosition = wdRelativeVerticalPositionPage

End Sub

NOTE: This problem occurs when the AutoShape is located on any page of your Word document, except the first page.

This problem does not occur when you change the relative position of the AutoShape by using the following steps:

Click to select the AutoShape.
On the Format menu, click AutoShape.
On the Layout tab, click Advanced.
On the Picture Position tab, change the below box for Absolute position to Page.

NOTE: When you change the below box to Page, the Absolute position box changes to the correct relative value automatically.

WORKAROUND

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For more information about how to use the sample code in this article, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

173707 OFF97: How to Run Sample Code from Knowledge Base Articles

The following code calculates the current position of the AutoShape and sets the .Top property to move the AutoShape back to its original position.

NOTE: The .Top property of a shape positioned relative to the text is the position in relation to its anchor; and a shapes .Anchor property returns a range that, in turn, can be used to get its .Information(wdVerticalPositionRelativeToPage). By adding these two values, a .Top value can be obtained for repositioning the AutoShape.

Sub ChangeRelativeToPage()

   Dim selpos As Single
   Dim anchorpos As Single
   Dim selectedShape As Word.Shape

   Set selectedShape = Selection.ShapeRange(1)
   If selectedShape.RelativeVerticalPosition _
      <> wdRelativeVerticalPositionPage Then
      
      selpos = selectedShape.Top
      anchorpos = selectedShape.Anchor.Information( _
         wdVerticalPositionRelativeToPage)

      With selectedShape
         .RelativeVerticalPosition = wdRelativeVerticalPositionPage
         .Top = selpos + anchorpos
      End With

      Debug.Print selpos, anchorpos, selpos + anchorpos
   End If

End Sub

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

MORE INFORMATION

For more information about the RelativeVerticalPosition property, from the Visual Basic Editor, click Contents and Index on the Help menu, click the Index tab in Microsoft Visual Basic Help, type the following text

relativeverticalposition

and then double-click the selected text to go to the "RelativeVerticalPosition Property" topic. If you are unable to find the information you need, ask the Office Assistant.

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