LineSpacingRule

LineSpacingRule enumeration

Specifies line spacing values for a paragraph.

public enum LineSpacingRule

Values

NameValueDescription
AtLeast0The line spacing can be greater than or equal to, but never less than, the value specified in the LineSpacing property.
Exactly1The line spacing never changes from the value specified in the LineSpacing property, even if a larger font is used within the paragraph.
Multiple2The line spacing is specified in the LineSpacing property as the number of lines. One line equals 12 points.

Examples

Shows how to work with line spacing.

Document doc = new Document();
DocumentBuilder builder = new DocumentBuilder(doc);

// Below are three line spacing rules that we can define using the
// paragraph's "LineSpacingRule" property to configure spacing between paragraphs.
// 1 -  Set a minimum amount of spacing.
// This will give vertical padding to lines of text of any size
// that is too small to maintain the minimum line-height.
builder.ParagraphFormat.LineSpacingRule = LineSpacingRule.AtLeast;
builder.ParagraphFormat.LineSpacing = 20;

builder.Writeln("Minimum line spacing of 20.");
builder.Writeln("Minimum line spacing of 20.");

// 2 -  Set exact spacing.
// Using font sizes that are too large for the spacing will truncate the text.
builder.ParagraphFormat.LineSpacingRule = LineSpacingRule.Exactly;
builder.ParagraphFormat.LineSpacing = 5;

builder.Writeln("Line spacing of exactly 5.");
builder.Writeln("Line spacing of exactly 5.");

// 3 -  Set spacing as a multiple of default line spacing, which is 12 points by default.
// This kind of spacing will scale to different font sizes.
builder.ParagraphFormat.LineSpacingRule = LineSpacingRule.Multiple;
builder.ParagraphFormat.LineSpacing = 18;

builder.Writeln("Line spacing of 1.5 default lines.");
builder.Writeln("Line spacing of 1.5 default lines.");

doc.Save(ArtifactsDir + "ParagraphFormat.LineSpacing.docx");

See Also

LineNumberRestartMode Enum LineStyle Enum