BottomMargin Property

Applies To

PageSetup object.

Description

Returns or sets the distance (in points) between the bottom edge of the page and the bottom boundary of the body text. Read/write Single.

See Also

FooterDistance property, LeftMargin property, MirrorMargins property, RightMargin property, TopMargin property.

Example

This example sets the bottom margin to 72 points (1 inch) and the top margin to 2 inches for the active document. The InchesToPoints method is used to convert inches to points.

With ActiveDocument.PageSetup
    .BottomMargin = 72
    .TopMargin = InchesToPoints(2)
End With

This example sets the bottom margin to 2.5 inches for all the sections in the current selection.

Selection.PageSetup.BottomMargin = InchesToPoints(2.5)

This example returns the bottom margin for section 1 in the selection. The PointsToInches method is used to convert the result to inches.

myvar = Selection.Sections(1).PageSetup.BottomMargin
MsgBox PointsToInches(myvar) & " inches"