<spcBef> (Space Before)

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

example: 
<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 will be formatted to have a spacing both before and after the paragraph text. The spacing before will be a size of 18 points, or <value=1800> and the spacing after will be a size of 6 points, or <value=600>. ]

Parent Elements

<defPPr> (§5.1.5.2.2); <lvl1pPr> (§5.1.5.4.13); <lvl2pPr> (§5.1.5.4.14); <lvl3pPr> (§5.1.5.4.15); <lvl4pPr> (§5.1.5.4.16); <lvl5pPr> (§5.1.5.4.17); <lvl6pPr> (§5.1.5.4.18); <lvl7pPr> (§5.1.5.4.19); <lvl8pPr> (§5.1.5.4.20); <lvl9pPr> (§5.1.5.4.21); <pPr> (§5.1.5.2.7)

Child Elements

Subclause

<spcPct> (Spacing Percent)

§5.1.5.2.10

<spcPts> (Spacing Points)

§5.1.5.2.11

The following XML Schema fragment defines the contents of this element:

<complexType name="CT_TextSpacing">
	<choice>
	<element name="spcPct" type="CT_TextSpacingPercent"/>
	<element name="spcPts" type="CT_TextSpacingPoint"/>
	</choice>
</complexType>