TextColumns.First

Property First As TextRange

The First property returns a TextRange object that contains the first column in the collection.

The First property returns a read-only value.

The following code example links frames of paragraph text. It then creates three columns in the first frame and applies bold formatting to the first column.

Sub Test() 
 Dim s As Shape 
 Dim s1 As Shape 
 Dim s2 As Shape 
 Dim d As Document 
 Dim t As Text 
 Dim strText As String 
 strText = "This is a test. This sentence must be long enough " & _ 
  "to span across multiple columns in this frame. I am sure " & _ 
  "that it will cross multiple columns now." 
 strText = strText & " This is next part " & strText 
 Set d = CreateDocument 
 Set s = d.ActiveLayer.CreateParagraphText(2, 2, 5, 5, strText) 
 Set s1 = d.ActiveLayer.CreateParagraphText(5, 5, 8, 8) 
 Set s2 = d.ActiveLayer.CreateParagraphText(8, 8, 10, 10) 
 Set t = s.Text 
 ' Link the frames together 
 t.Frame.LinkTo s1 
 s1.Text.Frame.LinkTo s2 
 ' Set the columns 
 t.Frame.SetColumns 3, False, Array(0.7, 0.1, 1, 0.1, 1) 
 t.Frame.Range.Columns.First.Bold = True 
End Sub