LineRuleBefore Property

Microsoft PowerPoint Visual Basic

Determines whether line spacing before the first line in each paragraph is set to a specific number of points or lines. Read/write MsoTriState.

MsoTriState can be one of these MsoTriState constants.
msoCTrue
msoFalse Line spacing before the first line in each paragraph is set to a specific number of points.
msoTriStateMixed
msoTriStateToggle
msoTrue Line spacing before the first line in each paragraph is set to a specific number of lines.

Example

This example displays a message box that shows the setting for space before paragraphs for text in shape two on slide one in the active presentation.

With Application.ActivePresentation.Slides(1).Shapes(2).TextFrame
    With .TextRange.ParagraphFormat
        sb = .SpaceBefore
        If .LineRuleBefore Then
            sbUnits = " lines"
        Else
            sbUnits = " points"
        End If
    End With
End With
MsgBox "Current spacing before paragraphs: " & sb & sbUnits