21.1.2.2.10 spcBef

This element specifies the amount of vertical white space that is present before a paragraph. This space is specified in either percentage or points via the child elements spcPct and spcPts.

[Example: Consider the DrawingML shown below.

<p:txBody>
  …
  <a:p>
    <a:pPr …>
      <a:spcBef>
        <a:spcPts val="1800"/>
      </a:spcBef>
      <a:spcAft>
        <a:spcPts val="600"/>
      </a:spcAft>
    </a:pPr>
    …
    <a:t>Sample Text</a:t>
    …
  </a:p>
  …
</p:txBody>

The above paragraph of text is formatted to have a spacing both before and after the paragraph text. The spacing before is a size of 18 points, or value=1800 and the spacing after is a size of 6 points, or value=600. end example]

[Note: The W3C XML Schema definition of this element’s content model (CT_TextSpacing) is located in A.4.1. end note]