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TextFrame.MarginTop Property

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.

Namespace:  Microsoft.Office.Interop.PowerPoint
Assembly:  Microsoft.Office.Interop.PowerPoint (in Microsoft.Office.Interop.PowerPoint.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Property MarginTop As Single
    Get
    Set
'Usage
Dim instance As TextFrame
Dim value As Single

value = instance.MarginTop

instance.MarginTop = value
float MarginTop { get; set; }

Property Value

Type: System.Single
Single

Examples

This example adds a rectangle to myDocument, adds text to the rectangle, and then sets the margins for the text frame.

Set myDocument = ActivePresentation.Slides(1)

With myDocument.Shapes.AddShape(msoShapeRectangle, _

        0, 0, 250, 140).TextFrame

    .TextRange.Text = "Here is some test text"

    .MarginBottom = 0

    .MarginLeft = 10

    .MarginRight = 0

    .MarginTop= 20

End With

See Also

Reference

TextFrame Interface

TextFrame Members

Microsoft.Office.Interop.PowerPoint Namespace