Shrink Method
From Microsoft Word Visual Basic
expression.Shrink
expression Required. An expression that returns one of the objects in the Applies To list.
Example
As it applies to the Font object.
This example inserts a line of increasingly smaller Z's in a new document.
Set myRange = Documents.Add.Content
myRange.Font.Size = 45
For Count = 1 To 5
myRange.InsertAfter "Z"
For Count2 = 1 to 3
myRange.Characters(Count).Font.Shrink
Next Count2
Next Count
As it applies to the Selection object.
This example reduces the font size of the selected text by one size.
If Selection.Type = wdSelectionNormal Then
Selection.Font.Shrink
Else
MsgBox "You need to select some text."
End If