StructAlignProperties.HorizontalCharacterShift

Object Model Reference : Classes : S : StructAlignProperties : Properties : StructAlignProperties.HorizontalCharacterShift

StructAlignProperties.HorizontalCharacterShift

Property HorizontalCharacterShift As Long

Description

Member of StructAlignProperties

The HorizontalCharacterShift property returns or specifies the amount by which to horizontally shift the characters in a text object.

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The value of a horizontal character shift is measured as a percentage of the character’s point size. For example, if .HorizontalCharacterShift equals 50, the character is horizontally shifted a distance that is 50% of the character’s point size.

VBA example

The following VBA example specifies a horizontal character shift of 10% for the second and third words of the text object.

Sub Test()

ActiveShape.Text.AlignPropertiesInRange(2, 2, cdrWordIndexing).HorizontalCharacterShift = 10

End Sub