[mso] Re: Macro for Dropped Cap in Word 2002?

Hello Ray,
I believe your main problem is you are "supposing" that the cursor is at 
beginning of paragraph when you run your macro.
Well, if it is not the case, you may run into problems (You will have a dropcap 
in the middle of a par. which is not what you  want I suppose). So first, I 
would advise you to make sure the cursor is at the right position and then 
apply the dropcap and the format.
the following worked for me:
sub DropCap()
    Selection.Paragraphs(1).Range.Characters(1).Select
    With Selection.Paragraphs(1).DropCap
        .Position = wdDropNormal
        .LinesToDrop = 3
        .DistanceFromText = CentimetersToPoints(0)
    End With
    With Selection.Font
        .Name = "Arial"
        .Size = 52
        .Shadow = True
    End With
end sub

As you may see, I also deleted all the unecessary lines that you get when you 
record a macro.

Hope this will help you.
Genevieve



----- Original Message ----
From: Ray Shapp <ras45@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Monday, May 28, 2007 1:22:35 PM
Subject: [mso] Macro for Dropped Cap in Word 2002?


To All,

How to combine two macros into one?

In Word 2002, I created two separate macros that specify exactly the effect I 
want. When I combine the two macros into one, I get several extra blank lines 
in my document. The combined macro is included below my signature.

In use, I highlight the first letter of a paragraph then run this macro. It 
forms a dropped capital using that initial letter, then it formats the letter 
to appear in a shade of gray with a shadow effect. I'd like it to do only 
that, however, the macro also adds several blank lines above the paragraph.

Please tell me how to modify two macros to avoid the extra lines.

Thank you,

Ray Shapp

***macro follows***

Sub DropCap()
'
' DropCap Macro
' Macro recorded May 28, 2007 by Ray Shapp
'
    With Selection.Paragraphs(1).DropCap
        .Position = wdDropNormal
        .FontName = "Arial"
        .LinesToDrop = 3
        .DistanceFromText = InchesToPoints(0.08)
    End With
'
' Format DropCap Macro
' Macro recorded May 28, 2007 by Ray Shapp
'
    Selection.MoveLeft Unit:=wdCharacter, Count:=1, Extend:=wdExtend
    With Selection.Font
        .Name = "Arial"
        .Size = 52
        .Bold = False
        .Italic = False
        .Underline = wdUnderlineNone
        .UnderlineColor = wdColorAutomatic
        .StrikeThrough = False
        .DoubleStrikeThrough = False
        .Outline = False
        .Emboss = False
        .Shadow = True
        .Hidden = False
        .SmallCaps = False
        .AllCaps = False
        .Color = wdColorGray50
        .Engrave = False
        .Superscript = False
        .Subscript = False
        .Spacing = 0
        .Scaling = 100
        .Position = -5.5
        .Kerning = 0
        .Animation = wdAnimationNone
    End With
End Sub



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