Word 2010 Formatting Text Box Alignment w/Macro

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I can insert a textbox using a macro with Shapes.AddTextBox, but the options are limited to Left, Top, Width, and Height. If I right-click the box, I get many more Position Layout options, including making the box horizontally align to the right relative to the outside margin. How can I do this in a macro? I ran across RelativeHorizontalPosition = wdRelativeHorizontalPositionOuterMarginArea may help, but I don’t think it’s exactly what I’m looking for. I can’t find a specific option to Align or Position relative to the right margin. I’d also like to make it veritically align relative to top of the page. Any suggestions of additional options/methods to set these alignment properties for the inserted textbox?

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I think I found the answer. Using the following works (vBox is my Shape):

Code:

   With vBox
        .RelativeHorizontalPosition = wdRelativeHorizontalPositionOuterMarginArea
        .Left = wdShapeRight
        .RelativeVerticalPosition = wdRelativeVerticalPositionPage
        .Top = wdShapeTop
    End With

As sometimes happens, I figured it out after posting the question.

Thanks.

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