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ParagraphFormat.Duplicate Property

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Word Developer Reference

Returns a read-only ParagraphFormat object that represents the paragraph formatting of the specified paragraph.

Syntax

expression.Duplicate

expression   Required. A variable that represents a ParagraphFormat object.

Remarks

You can use the Duplicate property to pick up the settings of all the properties of a duplicated ParagraphFormat object. You can assign the object returned by the Duplicate property to another object of the same type to apply those settings all at once. Before assigning the duplicate object to another object, you can change any of the properties of the duplicate object without affecting the original.

Example

This example duplicates the paragraph formatting of the first paragraph in the active document and stores the formatting in the variable myDup, and then it changes the left indent for myDup to 1 inch. The example also creates a new document, inserts text into it, and then applies the paragraph formatting stored in myDup to the text.

Visual Basic for Applications 
  ActiveDocument.Range(Start:=0, End:=0).InsertAfter _
    "Paragraph Number 1"
Set myDup = ActiveDocument.Paragraphs(1).Format.Duplicate
myDup.LeftIndent = InchesToPoints(1)
Documents.Add
Selection.InsertAfter "This is a new paragraph."
Selection.Paragraphs.Format = myDup

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