tabstop-leader-property-publisher.md

title	keywords	f1_keywords	ms.prod	api_name	ms.assetid	ms.date
TabStop.Leader Property (Publisher)	vbapb10.chm5636101	vbapb10.chm5636101	publisher	Publisher.TabStop.Leader	a788bdc8-8ab3-fcd3-931a-a5b83db93991	06/08/2017

TabStop.Leader Property (Publisher)

Sets or returns a PbTabLeaderType constant that represents the leader character for a tab stop. Read/write.

Syntax

expression. Leader

_expression_A variable that represents a TabStop object.

Return Value

PbTabLeaderType

Remarks

The Leader property value can be one of the PbTabLeaderType constants declared in the Microsoft Publisher type library.

Example

This example changes the leader tab character of the selected paragraphs to dashes. This example assumes that the selected paragraph contains at least one tab stop.

Sub SetLeaderTab() 
 Selection.TextRange.ParagraphFormat _ 
 .Tabs(1).Leader = pbTabLeaderDashes 
End Sub

This example changes the leader tab character of the first paragraph in the specified text range to an underline. This example assumes that the specified paragraph contains at least one tab stop.

Sub SetNewTabLeader() 
 ActiveDocument.Pages(1).Shapes(1).TextFrame.TextRange.Paragraphs(1) _ 
 .ParagraphFormat.Tabs(1).Leader = pbTabLeaderLine 
End Sub