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SetContextualSpacing

Specifies that any space before or after this paragraph set using the ApiParaPr#SetSpacingBefore or ApiParaPr#SetSpacingAfter spacing element, should not be applied when the preceding and following paragraphs are of the same paragraph style, affecting the top and bottom spacing respectively.

Inherited from ApiParaPr.SetContextualSpacing.

Example​

Specify that any space before or after this paragraph set using the paragraph properties#SetSpacingBefore or paragraph properties#SetSpacingAfter spacing element, should not be applied when the preceding and following paragraphs are of the same paragraph style, affecting the top and bottom spacing respectively in a document.

// Set the contextual spacing for paragraph in a document.

// Get the first paragraph and set the spacing for its two ends in a document.

let doc = Api.GetDocument();
let myStyle = doc.CreateStyle("My document style");
let paraPr = myStyle.GetParaPr();
paraPr.SetContextualSpacing(true);
let paragraph = doc.GetElement(0);
paragraph.AddText("This is a paragraph with contextual spacing set to 'false' (no paragraph style is applied).");
paragraph = Api.CreateParagraph();
paragraph.AddText("This is a paragraph with contextual spacing set to 'false' (no paragraph style is applied).");
doc.Push(paragraph);
paragraph = Api.CreateParagraph();
paragraph.SetStyle(myStyle);
paragraph.AddText("This is a paragraph with contextual spacing set to 'true' (paragraph style is applied).");
doc.Push(paragraph);
paragraph = Api.CreateParagraph();
paragraph.SetStyle(myStyle);
paragraph.AddText("This is a paragraph with contextual spacing set to 'true' (paragraph style is applied).");
doc.Push(paragraph);