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Borders.DistanceFromBottom Property

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Word Developer Reference

Returns or sets the space (in points) between the text and the bottom border. Read/write Long.

Syntax

expression.DistanceFromBottom

expression   A variable that represents a Borders object.

Remarks

Using this property with a page border, you can set either the space between the text and the bottom page border or the space between the bottom edge of the page and the bottom page border. Where the distance is measured from depends on the value of the DistanceFrom property.

Example

This example adds a border around the first paragraph in the active document and sets the distance between the text and the bottom border to 6 points.

Visual Basic for Applications 
  With ActiveDocument.Paragraphs(1).Borders
    .Enable = True
    .DistanceFromBottom = 6
End With

This example adds a border around each table in Sales.doc. The example also sets the distance between the text and the border to 3 points for the top and bottom borders, and 6 points for the left and right borders.

Visual Basic for Applications 
  Dim tableLoop As Table

For Each tableLoop In Documents("Sales.doc").Tables
With tableLoop.Borders
.OutsideLineStyle = wdLineStyleSingle
.OutsideLineWidth = wdLineWidth150pt
.DistanceFromBottom = 3
.DistanceFromTop = 3
.DistanceFromLeft = 6
.DistanceFromRight = 6
End With
Next tableLoop

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