Multi Column TextBox Column Widths
Quote:
>Hi:
>I have a multicolumn textbox with 2 columns. Depending on
>a command button the text in each column can be variable
>length. If I set the columns to accomodate the longest
>text in a column then on some displays column 2 is too far
>away from column 1. Is there any way to calculate the
>length in points (or inches or ...) of a text string based
>on the default point size for the list box. I tried
>using -1 but it is still too far away. If this is not the
>way to do it I would appreciate some direction.
muck around with
Selection.Information(wdHorizontalPositionRelativeToTextBoundary)
and its brethren.
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