DropCap.ApplyCustomDropCap method (Publisher)

Applies custom formatting to the first letters of paragraphs in a text frame.

Syntax

expression.ApplyCustomDropCap (LinesUp, Size, Span, FontName, Bold, Italic)

expression A variable that represents a DropCap object.

Parameters

Name	Required/Optional	Data type	Description
LinesUp	Optional	Long	The number of lines to move up the dropped capital letter. The default is 0. The maximum number cannot be more than the number entered for the Size argument less one.
Size	Optional	Long	The size of the dropped capital letters in number of lines high. The default is 5.
Span	Optional	Long	The number of letters included in the dropped capital letter. The default is 1.
FontName	Optional	String	The name of the font to format the dropped capital letter. The default is the current font.
Bold	Optional	Boolean	True to bold the dropped capital letter. The default is False.
Italic	Optional	Boolean	True to italicize the dropped capital letter. The default is False.

Example

This example formats the first three letters of the paragraphs in the specified text box.

Sub CustDropCap() 
 
 ActiveDocument.Pages(1).Shapes(1).TextFrame.TextRange.DropCap _ 
 .ApplyCustomDropCap LinesUp:=1, Size:=6, Span:=3, _ 
 FontName:="Script MT Bold", Bold:=True, Italic:=True 
 
End Sub

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