TextEffectFormat.Tracking Property

Returns or sets the ratio of the horizontal space allotted to each character in the specified WordArt in relation to the width of the character.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
Property Tracking As Single
    Get
    Set
'Usage
Dim instance As TextEffectFormat
Dim value As Single

value = instance.Tracking

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

Property Value

Type: System.Single

Remarks

The Tracking property can be a value from 0 (zero) through 5. (Large values for this property specify ample space between characters; values less than 1 can produce character overlap.)

The following table gives the values of the Tracking property that correspond to the settings available in the user interface.

User interface setting

Equivalent Tracking property value

Very Tight

0.8

Tight

0.9

Normal

1.0

Loose

1.2

Very Loose

1.5

See Also

Reference

TextEffectFormat Interface

TextEffectFormat Members

Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word Namespace