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TextEffectFormat.Tracking property (Word)

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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. Read/write Single.

Syntax

expression. Tracking

expression Required. A variable that represents a 'TextEffectFormat' object.

Remarks

This 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

Example

This example adds WordArt that contains the text "Test" to the active document and specifies that the characters be very tightly spaced.

Set newWordArt = ActiveDocument.Shapes.AddTextEffect( _ 
 PresetTextEffect:=msoTextEffect1, Text:="Test", _ 
 FontName:="Arial Black", FontSize:=36, FontBold:=False, _ 
 FontItalic:=False, Left:=100, Top:=100) 
newWordArt.TextEffect.Tracking = 0.8

See also

TextEffectFormat Object

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