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TextFrame2.MarginTop Property

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PowerPoint Developer Reference

Returns or sets the distance (in points) between the top of the text frame and the top of the inscribed rectangle of the shape that contains the text. Read/write.

Syntax

expression.MarginTop

expression   An expression that returns a TextFrame2 object.

Return Value
Single

Example
The following example adds a rectangle to a slide, adds text to the rectangle, and then sets the margins for the text frame.

Visual Basic for Applications 
  Public Sub MarginTop_Example()

Set pptSlide = ActivePresentation.Slides(1)
With pptSlide.Shapes.AddShape(msoShapeRectangle, 0, 0, 250, 140).TextFrame2
    .TextRange.Text = "Here is some sample text"
    .MarginBottom = 10
    .MarginLeft = 10
    .MarginRight = 10
    .MarginTop = 10
End With



End Sub

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