Carriage Return converted into symbol ( Vertical Tab, male symbol, symbol for Mars ) by PowerPoint Text shape Object in VB.net

Question

I have assigned string having carriage return to PowerPoint shape's texframe text but when I get from it. the carriage return is now Ascii 11 VT. I have searched google but I didn't find any solution exception to use linefeed but that does not work in other scenario.

Here is Code

_answerText = "Yes" + Chr(CharCode:=13) + "No"
powerPointShapeObject.TextFrame.TextRange.Text = _answerText

Could some one please help me to understand why it happen. Thanks in Advance

You shouldn't use the + operator to concatenate strings. It may lead to unexpected results. — Sam Makin, Nov 18 '15 at 13:59
@SamMakin - As long as you have Option Strict On (which you should) then there are no unexpected results using `+` — Matt Wilko, Nov 18 '15 at 14:08

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 18 '15 at 15:46

PowerPoint uses different characters for line endings depending on PPT version and on whether the text is part of a slide title or any other text on a slide.

This page on my PPTFAQ site explains in more detail:

Paragraph endings and line breaks http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00992_Paragraph_endings_and_line_breaks.htm

Sam Makin · Answer 2 · 2015-11-18T13:59:32.040

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Try this instead:

_answerText = "Yes" & "\r" & "No"
powerPointShapeObject.TextFrame.TextRange.Text = _answerText

edited Nov 18 '15 at 13:59

answered Nov 18 '15 at 13:51

Sam Makin

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this doesn't work in vb rather we use VBCR but that is main problem carriage return work until it is not assigned to shape object when i assign it to shape then from shape I get symbol instead CR – Engr Umair shah Nov 18 '15 at 14:06

Carriage Return converted into symbol ( Vertical Tab, male symbol, symbol for Mars ) by PowerPoint Text shape Object in VB.net

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