DropCap Object Members

Publisher Developer Reference

Represents a dropped capital letter at the beginning of a paragraph.

Methods

	Name	Description
	ApplyCustomDropCap	Applies custom formatting to the first letters of paragraphs in a text frame.
	Clear	Removes the dropped capital letter formatting.

Properties

	Name	Description
	Application	Used without an object qualifier, this property returns an Application object that represents the current instance of Publisher. Used with an object qualifier, this property returns an Application object that represents the creator of the specified object. When used with an OLE Automation object, it returns the object's application.
	FontBold	Sets or returns an MsoTriState constant that represents whether the font for a dropped capital letter or WordArt text effect is bold. Read/write.
	FontColor	Returns or sets a ColorFormat object that represents the color applied to a specified dropped capital letter.
	FontItalic	Sets or returns an MsoTriState constant that represents whether the font for a dropped capital letter or WordArt text effect is italicized. Read/write.
	FontName	Sets or returns a String that represents the name of the font applied to a dropped capital letter or WordArt text effect. Read/write.
	LinesUp	Returns or sets a Long that represents the number of lines an initial dropped capital letter is raised above the line of text on which it exists. Read/write.
	Parent	Returns an object that represents the parent object of the specified object. For example, for a TextFrame object, returns a Shape object representing the parent shape of the text frame. Read-only.
	Size	Returns or sets a Long that represents the number of lines high to format a dropped capital letter. Read/write.
	Span	Returns or sets a Long that represents the number of letters included in the specified dropped capital letter. Read/write.