Font.Scaling Property (Word)

Returns or sets the scaling percentage applied to the font. Read/write Long.

Syntax

expression .Scaling

expression An expression that returns a Font object.

Remarks

This property stretches or compresses text horizontally as a percentage of the current size (the scaling range is from 1 through 600).

Example

This example horizontally stretches the text in the active document to 110 percent of its original size.

ActiveDocument.Content.Font.Scaling = 110

This example compresses the text in the first paragraph in Sales.doc to 90 percent of its original size.

With Documents("Sales.doc").Paragraphs(1).Range.Font 
 .Scaling = 90 
 .Bold = False 
End With

See Also

Concepts

Font Object

Font Object Members