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Add a text box with scrollbars; populate it with text

This will add a text box to the current slide and stuff it with a moderate amount of text.
Edit the indicated portion below to create your own text in strText.

Sub AddAndPopulateATextBox()

	Dim oTextBox As Shape
	Dim strText As String

	' Edit this to add your own text:
	strText = "Here's a whole wad of text that should wordwrap, scroll, and generally act the way you'd " _
		& "expect text in a text box to behave." & vbCrLf
	strText = strText & strText & strText & strText

	Set oTextBox = ActiveWindow.Selection.SlideRange.Shapes.AddOLEObject(Left:=114, _
		Top:=48, _
		width:=522,  _
		height:=450, _
		ClassName:="Forms.TextBox.1",  _
		Link:=msoFalse)

	With oTextBox.OLEFormat.Object
		.MultiLine = True
		.WordWrap = True
		.ScrollBars = 2  ' fmScrollBarsVertical
		.Text = strText
	End With

End Sub

See How do I use VBA code in PowerPoint? to learn how to use this example code.

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Last update 11 October, 2011
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