any easy fast possible way to group all these business cards separately. https://we.tl/tylZcTY3p6
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Sub group_on_selected_rectangles() Dim srRectangles As ShapeRange Dim sRect As Shape On Error GoTo ErrHandler ActiveDocument.BeginCommandGroup "Group objects on selected rectangles" EventsEnabled = False Optimization = True Set srRectangles = ActiveSelectionRange For Each sRect In srRectangles ActivePage.SelectShapesFromRectangle sRect.LeftX, sRect.BottomY, sRect.RightX, sRect.TopY, False ActiveSelectionRange.Group Next sRect ExitSub: Optimization = False EventsEnabled = True ActiveDocument.EndCommandGroup Refresh Exit Sub ErrHandler: MsgBox "Error occurred: " & Err.Description Resume ExitSub End Sub
thanks eskimo i have done this project where i have to spend alot of time to group themi have around 468 different business cards my client send me design this way to printit save a lot of time for methankseven i can see that it work on almost every type of shapes like rectangle, sqaue, circle etcdont know how but thats even make this code more cool and useful
Eskimo,
I hope you do not mind, I have changed your code a little bit. I added some CQL to find all other shapes the same size as the original one selected.
Happy Coding,
-Shelby
Sub group_on_selected_rectangles() Dim srSelection As ShapeRange, srRectangles As ShapeRange Dim sRect As Shape Set srSelection = ActiveSelectionRange If srSelection.Shapes.Count > 1 Then MsgBox "Please only select one shape.": Exit Sub On Error GoTo ErrHandler ActiveDocument.BeginCommandGroup "Group objects on selected rectangles" EventsEnabled = False Optimization = True Set srRectangles = ActivePage.Shapes.FindShapes(Query:="@width = {" & srSelection(1).SizeWidth & " in } and @height ={" & srSelection(1).SizeHeight & " in }") For Each sRect In srRectangles ActivePage.SelectShapesFromRectangle sRect.LeftX, sRect.BottomY, sRect.RightX, sRect.TopY, False ActiveSelectionRange.Group Next sRect ExitSub: ActiveDocument.ClearSelection Optimization = False EventsEnabled = True ActiveDocument.EndCommandGroup Refresh Exit Sub ErrHandler: MsgBox "Error occurred: " & Err.Description Resume ExitSub End Sub