Determines whether the specified shape is built in reverse order. Applies only to shapes (such as shapes containing lists) that can be built in more than one step. Read/write MsoTriState.

Syntax

expression.AnimateTextInReverse

expression A variable that represents an EffectInformation object.

Return Value
MsoTriState

Remarks

MsoTriState can be one of these MsoTriState constants.
msoCTrue
msoFalse
msoTriStateMixed
msoTriStateToggle
msoTrue The specified shape is built in reverse order.

You won't see effects of setting this property unless the specified shape gets animated. For a shape to be animated, the TextLevelEffect property of the AnimationSettings object for the shape must be set to something other than ppAnimateLevelNone and the property must be set to True.

Example

This example adds a slide after slide one in the active presentation, sets the title text, adds a three-item list to the text placeholder, and sets the list to be built in reverse order.

Visual Basic for Applications 
With ActivePresentation.Slides.Add(2, ppLayoutText).Shapes .Item(1).TextFrame.TextRange.Text = "Top Three Reasons" With .Item(2) .TextFrame.TextRange = "Reason 1" & Chr(13) _ & "Reason 2" & Chr(13) & "Reason 3" With .AnimationSettings .Animate = msoTrue .TextLevelEffect = ppAnimateByFirstLevel .AnimateTextInReverse = msoTrue End With End With End With

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