PUB2002: Error Message When You Use AddHorizontalInVertical Method to Create Vertical Text Box (289008)

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1. Start Microsoft Publisher, and then open a new blank publication.
2. On the Tools menu, point to Macro, and then click Visual Basic Editor.
3. On the Insert menu, click Module.
4. In the Module window, type the following procedure:

   Sub Test()
       Dim rngTemp As TextRange
       Dim fldTemp As Field
       
       On Error GoTo handler
       
       ActiveDocument.Pages(1).Shapes.AddTextbox _
          pbTextOrientationVerticalEastAsia, 100, 100, 100, 100
       
       With ActiveDocument.Pages(1).Shapes(1)
           .TextFrame.TextRange.Text = "Test Word"
           Set rngTemp = .TextFrame.TextRange.Words(1)
           Set fldTemp = .TextFrame.TextRange.Fields _
           .AddHorizontalInVertical(rngTemp, rngTemp.Text)
       End With
   handler:
       Debug.Print Err.Number & ": " & Err.Description
   End Sub
   					

5. On the Run menu, click Run Sub/User Form.
6. On the File menu, click Close and Return to Microsoft Publisher.

Notice that Publisher creates a vertical text box in which the first word is displayed horizontally.