# Character and Paragraph Formatting

> Format text in VB6 with TXTextControl: fonts, bold, colors, alignment, indents, line spacing, tabs and paragraph frames, plus the Font and Paragraph dialogs.

- **Product:** TX Text Control ActiveX
- **Section:** Documentation
- **Kind:** Topic
- **Path:** TX Text Control ActiveX > Document Editor > Character and Paragraph Formatting
- **Web URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/document-editor/formatting/
- **LLMs URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/document-editor/formatting/llms.txt
- **LLMs-Full URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/document-editor/formatting/llms-full.txt

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## On This Page

- [How Formatting Works](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/document-editor/formatting/#how-formatting-works)
- [Let Users Format Text](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/document-editor/formatting/#let-users-format-text)
- [Format Characters in Code](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/document-editor/formatting/#format-characters-in-code)
- [Format Paragraphs in Code](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/document-editor/formatting/#format-paragraphs-in-code)
- [Set Tabs](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/document-editor/formatting/#set-tabs)
- [Add Frames and Background Colors](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/document-editor/formatting/#add-frames-and-background-colors)
- [Keep Menus and Controls in Step](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/document-editor/formatting/#keep-menus-and-controls-in-step)
- [Key Members](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/document-editor/formatting/#key-members)
- [Related Pages](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/document-editor/formatting/#related-pages)

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