SetSpacingBefore

SetSpacingBefore(nBefore, [isBeforeAuto])

Set the spacing before the current paragraph. If the value of the isBeforeAuto parameter is true, then
any value of the nBefore is ignored. If isBeforeAuto parameter is not specified, then
it will be interpreted as false.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Default	Description
nBefore	twips		The value of the spacing before the current paragraph measured in twentieths of a point (1/1440 of an inch).
isBeforeAuto	boolean	false	The true value will disable the nBefore parameter.

Example

builder.CreateFile("pptx");
var oPresentation = Api.GetPresentation();
var oSlide = oPresentation.GetSlideByIndex(0);
oSlide.RemoveAllObjects();
oGs1 = Api.CreateGradientStop(Api.CreateRGBColor(0, 0, 255), 0);
oGs2 = Api.CreateGradientStop(Api.CreateRGBColor(61, 74, 107), 100000);
oFill = Api.CreateRadialGradientFill([oGs1, oGs2]);
oStroke = Api.CreateStroke(0, Api.CreateNoFill());
var oShape = Api.CreateShape("flowChartMagneticTape", 300 * 36000, 130 * 36000, oFill, oStroke);
oShape.SetPosition(608400, 1267200);
oDocContent = oShape.GetDocContent();
oParagraph = oDocContent.GetElement(0);
oParagraph.AddText("This is an example of setting a space before a paragraph. ");
oParagraph.AddText("The second paragraph will have an offset of one inch from the top. ");
oParagraph.AddText("This is due to the fact that the second paragraph has this offset enabled.");
oParagraph = Api.CreateParagraph();
oParagraph.AddText("This is the second paragraph and it is one inch away from the first paragraph.");
oParagraph.SetSpacingBefore(1440);
oDocContent.Push(oParagraph);
oSlide.AddObject(oShape);
builder.SaveFile("pptx", "SetSpacingBefore.pptx");
builder.CloseFile();

Resulting document