Shape.ZOrder Method (PowerPoint)
Moves the specified shape in front of or behind other shapes in the collection (that is, changes the shape's position in the z-order).
Syntax
expression .ZOrder(ZOrderCmd)
expression A variable that represents a Shape object.
Parameters
Name |
Required/Optional |
Data Type |
Description |
|---|---|---|---|
ZOrderCmd |
Required |
MsoZOrderCmd |
Specifies where to move the specified shape relative to the other shapes. |
Remarks
The ZOrderCmd parameter value can be one of these MsoZOrderCmd constants.
msoBringForward |
msoBringInFrontOfText |
msoBringToFront |
msoSendBackward |
msoSendBehindText |
msoSendToBack |
The msoBringInFrontOfText and msoSendBehindText constants should be used only in Microsoft Office Word.
Use the ZOrderPosition property to determine a shape's current position in the z-order.
Example
This example adds an oval to myDocument and then places the oval second from the back in the z-order if there is at least one other shape on the slide.
Set myDocument = ActivePresentation.Slides(1)
With myDocument.Shapes.AddShape(msoShapeOval, 100, 100, 100, 300)
While .ZOrderPosition > 2
.ZOrder msoSendBackward
Wend
End With