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Style.BaseStyle property (Word)

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Returns or sets an existing style on which you can base the formatting of another style. Read/write Variant.

Syntax

expression. BaseStyle

expression A variable that represents a 'Style' object.

Remarks

To set the BaseStyle property, specify either the local name of the base style, an integer or a wdBuiltinStyle constant, or an object that represents the base style. For a list of the wdBuiltinStyle constants, see the Style property for the object that you want to set.

Example

This example creates a new document and then adds a new paragraph style named "myHeading." It assigns Heading 1 as the base style for the new style. A left indent of 1 inch (72 points) is then specified for the new style.

Dim docNew As Document 
Dim styleNew As Style 
 
Set docNew = Documents.Add 
Set styleNew = docNew.Styles.Add("NewHeading1") 
With styleNew 
 .BaseStyle = docNew.Styles(wdStyleHeading1) 
 .ParagraphFormat.LeftIndent = 72 
End With

This example returns the base style that's used for the Body Text paragraph style.

Dim styleBase As Style 
 
styleBase = ActiveDocument.Styles(wdStyleBodyText).BaseStyle 
MsgBox styleBase

See also

Style Object

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