SpaceBeforeAuto

ParagraphFormat.SpaceBeforeAuto property

True if the amount of spacing before the paragraph is set automatically.

public bool SpaceBeforeAuto { get; set; }

Remarks

When set to true, overrides the effect of SpaceBefore.

When you set paragraph Space Before and Space After to Auto, Microsoft Word adds 14 points spacing between paragraphs automatically according to the following rules:

  • Normally, spacing is added after all paragraphs.
  • In a bulleted or numbered list, spacing is added only after the last item in the list. Spacing is not added between the list items.
  • In a nested bulleted or numbered list spacing is not added.
  • Spacing is normally added after a table.
  • Spacing is not added after a table if it is the last block in a table cell.
  • Spacing is not added after the last paragraph in a table cell.

Examples

Shows how to set automatic paragraph spacing.

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

// Apply a large amount of spacing before and after paragraphs that this builder will create.
builder.ParagraphFormat.SpaceBefore = 24;
builder.ParagraphFormat.SpaceAfter = 24;

// Set these flags to "true" to apply automatic spacing,
// effectively ignoring the spacing in the properties we set above.
// Leave them as "false" will apply our custom paragraph spacing.
builder.ParagraphFormat.SpaceAfterAuto = autoSpacing;
builder.ParagraphFormat.SpaceBeforeAuto = autoSpacing;

// Insert two paragraphs that will have spacing above and below them and save the document.
builder.Writeln("Paragraph 1.");
builder.Writeln("Paragraph 2.");

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

See Also

ParagraphFormat.SpaceBefore ParagraphFormat.Style