DistanceFromText Property

Applies To

DropCap object, LineNumbering object.

Description

DropCap object: Returns or sets the distance (in points) between the dropped capital letter and the paragraph text. Read/write Single.

LineNumbering object: Returns or sets the distance (in points) between the right edge of line numbers and the left edge of the document text. Read/write Single.

See Also

DropCap property, LineNumbering property, Position property.

Example

This example adds line numbers to the active document. The distance between the line numbers and the left margin is 36 points (0.5 inch).

With ActiveDocument.PageSetup.LineNumbering
    .Active = True
    .CountBy = 5
    .DistanceFromText = 36
End With

This example sets a dropped capital letter for the first paragraph in the active document. The offset for the dropped capital letter is then set to 12 points.

With ActiveDocument.Paragraphs(1).DropCap
    .Enable
    .FontName= "Arial"
    .Position = wdDropNormal
    .DistanceFromText = 12
End With