SpBefore Cell (Paragraph Section) [Visio 2003 SDK Documentation]

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Determines the amount of space inserted before each paragraph in the shape's text block, in addition to any space from the SpLine cell if it is the first paragraph in a text block, the TopMargin cell.

Remarks

This value is independent of the scale of the drawing. If the drawing is scaled, the Space Before setting remains the same.

To reference the SpBefore cell by name from another formula, or from a program using the CellsU property, use:

Cell name:

Para.SpBefore[i]
where i = <1>, 2, 3...

To reference the SpBefore cell by index from a program, use the CellsSRC property with the following arguments:

Section index:

visSectionParagraph

Row index:

visRowParagraph + i
where i = 0, 1, 2...

Cell index:

visSpaceBefore