Shape.OLEFormat property (PowerPoint)

Returns an OLEFormat object that contains OLE formatting properties for the specified shape. Applies to Shape or ShapeRange objects that represent OLE objects. Read-only.

Syntax

expression.OLEFormat

expression A variable that represents a Shape object.

Return value

OLEFormat

Example

This example loops through all the objects on all the slides in the active presentation and sets all linked Microsoft Word documents to be updated manually.

For Each sld In ActivePresentation.Slides

    For Each sh In sld.Shapes

        If sh.Type = msoLinkedOLEObject Then

            If sh.OLEFormat.ProgID = "Word.Document" Then

                sh.LinkFormat.AutoUpdate = ppUpdateOptionManual

            End If

        End If

    Next

Next

See also

Shape Object

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