RulerLevel Object

Microsoft PowerPoint Visual Basic

RulerLevelsRulerLevel

Contains first-line indent and hanging indent information for an outline level. The RulerLevel object is a member of the RulerLevels collection. The RulerLevels collection contains a RulerLevel object for each of the five available outline levels.

Using the RulerLevel Object

Use RulerLevels(index), where index is the outline level, to return a single RulerLevel object. The following example sets the first-line indent and hanging indent for outline level one in body text on the slide master for the active presentation.

With ActivePresentation.SlideMaster _
        .TextStyles(ppBodyStyle).Ruler.Levels(1)
    .FirstMargin = 9
    .LeftMargin = 54
End With
		

The following example sets the first-line indent and hanging indent for outline level one in shape two on slide one in the active presentation.

With ActivePresentation.SlideMaster.Shapes(2) _
        .TextFrame.Ruler.Levels(1)
    .FirstMargin = 9
    .LeftMargin = 54
End With