# Paragraph Class

> An instance of the Paragraph class represents a single paragraph in a Text Control document. Paragraphs are numbered from the beginning to the end of the document beginning with 1. A document has at least one paragraph. A Paragraph object can be obtained from the paragraphs collection available through the TextControl.Paragraphs property.

- **Product:** TX Text Control .NET for Windows Forms
- **Section:** Reference
- **Kind:** Class
- **Introduced:** 15.0
- **Namespace:** `TXTextControl`
- **Package:** `TXTextControl.TextControl.WinForms.SDK` (assembly `TXTextControl.dll`, from the private NuGet feed or Text Control Offline Packages)
- **.NET Framework:** reference `TXTextControl.dll` from the setup
- **Path:** TX Text Control .NET for Windows Forms > Reference > TXTextControl > Paragraph Class
- **Web URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol/paragraph/
- **LLMs URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol/paragraph/llms.txt
- **LLMs-Full URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol/paragraph/llms-full.txt

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## On This Page

- [Description](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol/paragraph/#description)
- [Syntax](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol/paragraph/#syntax)
- [Examples](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol/paragraph/#examples)
- [Members](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol/paragraph/#members)

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## In This Section

- [Paragraph.Format Property](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol/paragraph/format-property/llms.txt): Gets or sets the paragraph's formatting attributes. The property's value is an object of the type ParagraphFormat.
- [Paragraph.FormattingStyle Property](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol/paragraph/formattingstyle-property/llms.txt): Gets or sets the paragraph's formatting style. The specified style must be the name of a style contained in the ParagraphStyles collection of a Text Control document.
- [Paragraph.Length Property](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol/paragraph/length-property/llms.txt): Gets the number of characters in the paragraph including the paragraph end character.
- [Paragraph.Lines Property](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol/paragraph/lines-property/llms.txt): Gets the number of lines the paragraph consists of.
- [Paragraph.ListFormat Property](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol/paragraph/listformat-property/llms.txt): Gets or sets the paragraph's bulleted or numbered list and/or its formatting attributes. The property's value is an object of the type ListFormat.
- [Paragraph.ListNumber Property](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol/paragraph/listnumber-property/llms.txt): Gets the paragraph's list number. It is zero, if the paragraph does not belong to a numbered list.
- [Paragraph.ListNumberText Property](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol/paragraph/listnumbertext-property/llms.txt): Gets the paragraph's list number text. The text consists of the text in front of the number, the number itself and the text behind the list number. It is an empty string, if the paragraph does not belong to a numbered list.
- [Paragraph.Number Property](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol/paragraph/number-property/llms.txt): Gets the paragraph's number. The first paragraph has the number 1.
- [Paragraph.Save Method](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol/paragraph/save-method/llms.txt): Saves the paragraph's text with the specified format.
- [Paragraph.Select Method](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol/paragraph/select-method/llms.txt): Selects the paragraph. The paragraph break characters bounding the paragraph are not selected.
- [Paragraph.Start Property](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol/paragraph/start-property/llms.txt): Gets the number (one-based) of the paragraph's first character.
- [Paragraph.StartLine Property](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol/paragraph/startline-property/llms.txt): Gets the number (one-based) of the paragraph's first line.
- [Paragraph.Text Property](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol/paragraph/text-property/llms.txt): Gets the paragraph's text.

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