"Lowered" Text

[Robert]

To help annotate submitted scripts I need to "borrow" a
symbol-font character (Arial 8226 Unicode), actually the
Bullet chara, for use as a large full stop (US 'period').
I want to insert it, then move it down 3 pt onto the
line, colour it red, capitalize the first letter of the
next word and colour the capital red also. To automate
all this a macro seems indicated.

I have placed the 'Lower 3pt' command on a hotkey and
tried to record the macro, but it fails to record just
this one command.

Does anyone know the VBA code to "lower" a selected
character 3 pt so that I can insert it into the macro?

Finally, I need another character but nothing suitable
appears in the symbol font. Does Word have a secret
character design routine hidden away somewhere?

Thanks for any suggestions and help.

 

[Helmut Weber]

Hi Robert,
With Selection.Font
.Position = -3
End With
as the macro recorder recorded it.

 

[Guest]

Grateful thanks to Helmut Weber MVP for solving this
problem. I inserted the code in the macro and it worked
perfectly first time. Wunderbar!

Herzlichen Dank, Helmut. Bis zum naechsten Mal.
Gruesse aus Gross-Britannien!
Dein umlautloser, Robert.
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