• Overview
• Pictures
  • Overview
  • Image Properties
    • Image Data
    • Tile or Stretch Image to Fill
    • Effects
  • Non-Visual Properties
  • Shape Properties
• Shapes
  • Overview
  • Non-Visual Properties
  • Visual Properties
    • Size of Bounding Box
    • Location of Bounding Box
    • Geometry
      • Preset
      • Custom
    • Shape Fill
      • Solid Fill
      • Picture Fill
      • Gradient Fill
      • Pattern Fill
      • Group Fill
    • Effects
    • Outline Style
    • 2D Transforms
    • 3-D
      • Shape Properties
      • Scene Properties
  • Styles
  • Text
    • Text Body Properties
      • Positioning and Insets
      • Fit, Wrap, Warp and 3D
      • Columns, Vertical Text and Rotation
    • Paragraphs
      • Paragraph Properties
        • Bullets and Numbering
        • Spacing, Indent and Margins
        • Alignment, Tabs, Other
      • Run Properties
    • List Properties
• Connectors
  • Non-Visual Properties
• Text
• Charts
• Diagrams
• Tables
  • Defining Structure
  • Rows, Cells, Cell Content
  • Cell Properties
    • Alignment, Margins, Direction
    • Borders and Fill
  • Table Styles and Properties
• Placement within Docs
  • Overview
  • Inline Objects
  • Floating Objects
    • Positioning
    • Text Wrapping
• Placement within Spreadsheets
  • Overview
  • Absolute Anchoring
  • One Cell Anchoring
  • Two Cell Anchoring
• Placement within Presentations

DrawingML Shapes

The size of the bounding box of the shape is specified with the <a:ext> or extents element within the <a:xfrm> element, which is a child element of <a:spPr> (shape properties) element. The <a:ext> is an empty element; the length and width of the bounding box are specified by two attributes of <a:ext>: cx specifies the width in EMUs, and cy specifies the height in EMUs. Below is an example of a triangle shape, followed by the same triangle that has had its height extended.

Below is the same triangle with its height extended from 428625 EMUs to 1514475 EMUs.

Note: If the shape is placed in the worksheet at the corner of a cell, with no offset, then the values for the <xdr:to> element (indicating the bottom right corner) should be the same as the size as indicated by the <a:ext> element. See Positioning within a Spreadsheet Document - Two-Cell Anchoring for more on positioning within spreadsheets and the <xdr:to> element.