Borders.DistanceFromLeft Property

Word Developer Reference

Returns or sets the space (in points) between the text and the left border. Read/write Long.

Syntax

expression.DistanceFromLeft

expression   A variable that represents a Borders object.

Remarks

Using this property with a page border, you can set either the space between the text and the left page border or the space between the left edge of the page and the left page border. Where the distance is measured from depends on the value of the DistanceFrom property.

Example

This example adds a border around each frame in the active document and sets the distance between the frame and the border to 5 points.

Visual Basic for Applications
  Dim frameLoop As Frame

For Each frameLoop In ActiveDocument.Frames With frameLoop.Borders .Enable = True .DistanceFromLeft = 5 .DistanceFromRight = 5 .DistanceFromTop = 5 .DistanceFromBottom = 5 End With Next frameLoop

This example adds a border around the first paragraph in the active document and sets the distance between the text and the left border to 3 points.

Visual Basic for Applications
  With ActiveDocument.Paragraphs(1).Borders
    .Enable = True
    .DistanceFromLeft = 3
End With

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