TextRange

TextRange object

MSO Model Help Page: TextRange object (PowerPoint)

Useful Methods

• TextRange.Words method
• TextRange.Characters method

Words Method

Returns a TextRange object that represents the specified subset of text words.

MSO Model Help Page: TextRange.Words method

Syntax: expression.Words( Start, Length )

Output the first 3 words of text in a TextFrame

PPT.ActiveWindow.Selection.ShapeRange.TextFrame.TextRange.Words(0,3).Text

Characters Method

Returns a TextRange object that represents the specified subset of text characters. For information about counting or looping through the characters in a text range, see the TextRange object.

MSO Model Help Page: TextRange.Characters method

Syntax: expression.Characters( Start, Length )

Output the first 10 characters of text in a TextFrame object, starting at 0 and grabbing a length of 10 characters from that point on.

PPT.ActiveWindow.Selection.ShapeRange.TextFrame.TextRange.Characters(0,10).Text

Change the first 5 characters of text in a string to Bold

PPT.ActiveWindow.Selection.ShapeRange.TextFrame.TextRange.Characters(1, 5).Font.Bold = True

Check if selected text characters are Bold. -1 if they are all Bold & -2 if they are all not Bold

PPT.ActiveWindow.Selection.ShapeRange.TextFrame.TextRange.Characters(1, 4).Font.Bold

Change the color of the text

PPT.ActiveWindow.Selection.ShapeRange.TextFrame.TextRange.Characters(15, 25).Font.Color.RGB = rgb_to_hex((255, 127, 255))

Change the case of the text

PPT.ActiveWindow.Selection.ShapeRange.TextFrame.TextRange.ChangeCase(3)

Case Type	Case Integer Value	Description
ppCaseSentence	1	Change to lowercase.
ppCaseLower	2	Change to lowercase.
ppCaseUpper	3	Change to uppercase.
ppCaseTitle	4	Change to title case.
ppCaseToggle	5	Toggle the casing.