Control Indentation Hanging in PowerPoint 2010 VSTO

Question

I have a paragraph and after executing :

paragraph.ParagraphFormat.FirstLineIndent = 18;
paragraph.ParagraphFormat.LeftIndent = 18;

when I check Paragraph dialog box, I get:

• Indentation Before Text 0.25" - OK, this is what I wanted
• Special First line 0.25" - it's not what I want.

Instead of First line I want to have Special set to Hanging. Is it possible to control it with code?

Answer 1

Instead of First line I want to have Special set to Hanging. Is it possible to control it with code?

Yes it is possible :)

Just remember the thumb rule

For FirstLine use a positive value and

For Hanging use a negative value

Change your code to

paragraph.ParagraphFormat.FirstLineIndent = -18;