Word.ParagraphFormat.LineSpacingRule.md

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ParagraphFormat.LineSpacingRule property (Word)	vbawd10.chm156434542	vbawd10.chm156434542	Word.ParagraphFormat.LineSpacingRule	a08e9eeb-1b85-7cd8-a497-ac7d63234267	06/08/2017	medium

ParagraphFormat.LineSpacingRule property (Word)

Returns or sets the line spacing for the specified paragraph formatting. Read/write WdLineSpacing.

Syntax

expression. LineSpacingRule

expression Required. A variable that represents a 'ParagraphFormat' object.

Remarks

Use wdLineSpaceSingle, wdLineSpace1pt5, or wdLineSpaceDouble to set the line spacing to one of these values. To set the line spacing to an exact number of points or to a multiple number of lines, you must also set the LineSpacing property.

Example

This example double-spaces the lines in the first paragraph of the active document.

ActiveDocument.Paragraphs(1).LineSpacingRule = _ 
 wdLineSpaceDouble

This example returns the line spacing rule used for the first paragraph in the selection.

lrule = Selection.Paragraphs(1).LineSpacingRule

See also

ParagraphFormat Object

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