TrackingPreset Property

Microsoft Publisher Visual Basic

constant representing the preset tracking type for characters in the specified font in a text range. Read/write.

PbTrackingPresetType can be one of these PbTrackingPresetType constants.
pbTrackingCustom
pbTrackingLoose
pbTrackingMixed
pbTrackingNormal
pbTrackingTight
pbTrackingVeryLoose
pbTrackingVeryTight

expression.TrackingPreset

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

Remarks

Loose and very loose tracking leaves ample space between characters, whereas tight and very tight tracking can produce character overlap.

Example

This example specifies tight tracking as the preset for the characters in the second story.

Sub TrackingType()

    Application.ActiveDocument.Stories(2).TextRange _
        .Font.TrackingPreset = pbTrackingTight
    
End Sub