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Object Model Reference : Classes : T : TextColumns : Properties : TextColumns.First


TextColumns.First

Property First As TextRange

Description

Member of TextColumns

The First property returns a text range (or TextRange object) containing the first column in a collection.

The First property returns a read-only value.

VBA example

The following VBA example links frames of paragraph text. It then creates three columns in the first frame, applying bold formatting to the first column.

Sub Test()
 Dim s As Shape
 Dim s1 As Shape
 Dim s2 As Shape
 Dim d As Document
 Dim t As Text
 Dim strText As String
 strText = "This is a test. This sentence must be long enough " & _
  "to span across multiple columns in this frame. I am sure " & _
  "that it will cross multiple columns now."
 strText = strText & " This is next part " & strText
 Set d = CreateDocument
 Set s = d.ActiveLayer.CreateParagraphText(2, 2, 5, 5, strText)
 Set s1 = d.ActiveLayer.CreateParagraphText(5, 5, 8, 8)
 Set s2 = d.ActiveLayer.CreateParagraphText(8, 8, 10, 10)
 Set t = s.Text
 ' Link the frames together
 t.Frame.LinkTo s1
 s1.Text.Frame.LinkTo s2
 ' Set the columns
 t.Frame.SetColumns 3, False, Array(0.7, 0.1, 1, 0.1, 1)
 t.Frame.Range.Columns.First.Bold = True
End Sub

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