Here is an example

Dim oShp As Shape

Set oShp = Sheets("Sheet_One").Shapes.AddTextbox( _
msoTextOrientationHorizontal, 100, 100, 100, 400)
With oShp
.Name = "TextBox_One"
With .TextFrame.Characters
.Text = "hello"
.Font.Name = "Arial"
.Font.ColorIndex = 3
End With
With .Fill
.Visible = msoTrue
.Solid
.ForeColor.SchemeColor = 65
.Transparency = 0#
End With
With .Line
.Weight = 1.5
.DashStyle = msoLineSquareDot
.Style = msoLineSingle
.Transparency = 0#
.Visible = msoTrue
.ForeColor.SchemeColor = 12
.BackColor.RGB = RGB(255, 255, 255)
End With
End With

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HTH

Bob

(there's no email, no snail mail, but somewhere should be gmail in my addy)

"Kaval" wrote in message
...
I have created a text box named "TextBox_One" on sheet "Sheet_One" using
the
following:

Sheets("Sheet_One").Shapes.AddTextbox(msoTextOrien tationHorizontal, 100,
100, 100, 400).Name = "TextBox_One"

I would like to edit the text box by adding text, changing borders etc but
I
can't get the code to work. I have used the macro recorder to generate the
code but I do not want to select the object to perform the edits and I
can't
seem to adapt the code to work.

For example, to add text I tried the following

Sheets("Sheet_One").Shapes("TextBox_One").Characte rs.Text = "Sample Text"

but got the error message "Object doesn't support this property or method"

Any help appreciated, Kaval