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Object Model Reference : Classes : T : TextFrame : Properties : TextFrame.ColumnGutter


TextFrame.ColumnGutter

Property ColumnGutter(Index As Long) As Double

Description

Member of TextFrame

The ColumnGutter property returns the amount of space between paragraph-text columns.

The ColumnGutter property returns a read-only value.

Parameter
Description
Index
Specifies the gutter by its index number

VBA example

The following VBA example links frames of paragraph text. It then creates three columns in the first frame, displaying the amount of space between columns.

Sub Test()
 Dim s As Shape
 Dim s1 As Shape
 Dim s2 As Shape
 Dim t As Text
 Dim f As TextFrame
 Dim d As Document
 Set d = CreateDocument
 Set s = d.ActiveLayer.CreateParagraphText(2, 2, 5, 5, String$(750, "Z"))
 Set s1 = d.ActiveLayer.CreateParagraphText(5, 5, 8, 8)
 Set s2 = d.ActiveLayer.CreateParagraphText(8, 8, 10, 10)
 Set t = s.Text
 ' Link the frames together
 t.Frame.LinkTo s1
 s1.Text.Frame.LinkTo s2
 ' Get the first frame
 Set f = t.Frames(1)
 ' Set the columns
 f.SetColumns 3, False, Array(1, 0.25, 2, 0.3, 3)
 MsgBox "Gutter 1: " & f.ColumnGutter(1) & vbCr & _
  "Gutter 2: " & f.ColumnGutter(2)
End Sub

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