CharacterPropertiesBase.Spacing Property

Gets or sets the spacing (in twips) between characters.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.API.Native

Assembly: DevExpress.RichEdit.v24.1.Core.dll

NuGet Packages: DevExpress.RichEdit.Core, DevExpress.Win.Navigation

Declaration

C#

int? Spacing { get; set; }

VB.NET

Property Spacing As Integer?

Property Value

Type	Description
Nullable<Int32>	Character spacing from -31680 to 31680 (in twips) or null (Nothing in Visual Basic) for a mixture of values. A positive number specifies expanded character spacing, a negative value specifies condensed spacing.

Remarks

The code sample below shows how to specify condensed spacing (2pt) for a document paragraph:

C#

Document document = wordProcessor.Document;
var targetParagraph = document.Paragraphs[2];
var cP = document.BeginUpdateCharacters(targetParagraph.Range);
cP.Spacing = -2;
document.EndUpdateCharacters(cP);

VB.NET

Dim document As Document = wordProcessor.Document
Dim targetParagraph = document.Paragraphs(2)
Dim cP = document.BeginUpdateCharacters(targetParagraph.Range)
cP.Spacing = -2
document.EndUpdateCharacters(cP)

Related GitHub Examples

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C#

word-document-api-examples/CS/CodeExamples/FormattingActions.cs#L74

cp.Scale = 150;
cp.Spacing = -2;
// Raise the text by 2 points.

VB.NET

word-document-api-examples/VB/CodeExamples/FormattingActions.vb#L62

cp.Scale = 150
cp.Spacing = -2
' Raise the text by 2 points.