DropCap Property

object that represents a dropped capital letter for the paragraphs in the specified text frame.

expression.DropCap

expression    Required. An expression that returns one of the objects in the Applies To list.

Example

This example applies a custom dropped capital that is three lines high and spans the first three characters of each paragraph in the specified text frame.

Sub SetDropCap()
    With ActiveDocument.Pages(1).Shapes(1).TextFrame.TextRange
        .DropCap.ApplyCustomDropCap FontName:="Snap ITC", _
            Bold:=True, Size:=3, Span:=3
        With .ParagraphFormat
            .SpaceBefore = 6
            .SpaceAfter = 6
        End With
    End With
End Sub