Tracking Property
From Microsoft Word Visual Basic
Tracking Property
Returns or sets the ratio of the horizontal space allotted to each character in the specified WordArt in relation to the width of the character. Can be a value from 0 (zero) through 5. (Large values for this property specify ample space between characters; values less than 1 can produce character overlap.) Read/write Single.
expression.Tracking
expression Required. An expression that returns a TextEffectFormat object.
Remarks
The following table gives the values of the Tracking property that correspond to the settings available in the user interface.
| User interface setting | Equivalent Tracking property value |
|---|---|
| Very Tight | 0.8 |
| Tight | 0.9 |
| Normal | 1.0 |
| Loose | 1.2 |
| Very Loose | 1.5 |
Example
This example adds WordArt that contains the text "Test" to the active document and specifies that the characters be very tightly spaced.
Set newWordArt = ActiveDocument.Shapes.AddTextEffect( _
PresetTextEffect:=msoTextEffect1, Text:="Test", _
FontName:="Arial Black", FontSize:=36, FontBold:=False, _
FontItalic:=False, Left:=100, Top:=100)
newWordArt.TextEffect.Tracking = 0.8