Class DropCap (Word VBA)

The class DropCap represents a dropped capital letter at the beginning of a paragraph. There is no DropCaps collection; each Paragraph object contains only one DropCap object. To use a DropCap class variable it first needs to be instantiated, for example

Dim dcp as DropCap
Set dcp = ActiveDocument.Paragraphs(1).DropCap

Clear

Removes the dropped capital letter formatting.

Set drop = ActiveDocument.Paragraphs(1).DropCap 
If Not (drop Is Nothing) Then drop.Clear

DistanceFromText

Returns or sets a Single that represents the distance (in points) between the dropped capital letter and the paragraph text.

With ActiveDocument.Paragraphs(1).DropCap 
 .Enable 
 .FontName= "Arial" 
 .Position = wdDropNormal 
 .DistanceFromText = 12 
End With

Enable

Formats the first character in the specified paragraph as a dropped capital letter.

With Selection.Paragraphs(1).DropCap 
 .Enable 
 .LinesToDrop = 2 
 .FontName = "Arial" 
End With

FontName

Returns or sets a String that represents the name of the font for the dropped capital letter.

With ActiveDocument.Paragraphs(1).DropCap 
 .FontName = "Arial" 
 .Position = wdDropNormal 
 .LinesToDrop = 3 
 .DistanceFromText = InchesToPoints(0.1) 
End With

LinesToDrop

Returns or sets the height (in lines) of the specified dropped capital letter.

With ActiveDocument.Paragraphs(1).DropCap 
 .Enable 
 .Position = wdDropNormal 
 .LinesToDrop = 3 
End With

Position

Returns or sets the position of a dropped capital letter. Possible return values are wdDropMargin - Dropped capital letter ends at the left margin, wdDropNone - No dropped capital letter, wdDropNormal - Dropped capital letter begins at the left margin.

With ActiveDocument.Paragraphs(1).DropCap 
 .Enable 
 .FontName= "Arial" 
 .Position = wdDropNormal 
End With