Font.Scaling Property

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Returns or sets the scaling percentage applied to the font. Read/write Long.

Syntax

expression.Scaling

expression   An expression that returns a Font object.

Remarks

This property stretches or compresses text horizontally as a percentage of the current size (the scaling range is from 1 through 600).

Example

This example horizontally stretches the text in the active document to 110 percent of its original size.

Visual Basic for Applications 
  ActiveDocument.Content.Font.Scaling = 110

This example compresses the text in the first paragraph in Sales.doc to 90 percent of its original size.

Visual Basic for Applications 
  With Documents("Sales.doc").Paragraphs(1).Range.Font
    .Scaling = 90
    .Bold = False
End With

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