# TextControl.CanCharacterFormat Property

> Informs whether the currently selected text can be formatted with character formatting attributes. The property's value depends on the DocumentPermissions.AllowFormatting property and the currently set edit mode.

- **Product:** TX Text Control .NET for WPF
- **Section:** Reference
- **Kind:** Property
- **Introduced:** 25.0
- **Namespace:** `TXTextControl.WPF`
- **Package:** `TXTextControl.TextControl.WPF.SDK` (assembly `TXTextControl.WPF.dll`, from the private NuGet feed or Text Control Offline Packages)
- **.NET Framework:** reference `TXTextControl.WPF.dll` from the setup
- **Path:** TX Text Control .NET for WPF > Reference > TXTextControl.WPF > TextControl.CanCharacterFormat Property
- **Web URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-wpf/reference/txtextcontrol-wpf/textcontrol/cancharacterformat-property/
- **LLMs URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-wpf/reference/txtextcontrol-wpf/textcontrol/cancharacterformat-property/llms.txt
- **LLMs-Full URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-wpf/reference/txtextcontrol-wpf/textcontrol/cancharacterformat-property/llms-full.txt

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## On This Page

- [Description](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-wpf/reference/txtextcontrol-wpf/textcontrol/cancharacterformat-property/#description)
- [Syntax](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-wpf/reference/txtextcontrol-wpf/textcontrol/cancharacterformat-property/#syntax)
- [Examples](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-wpf/reference/txtextcontrol-wpf/textcontrol/cancharacterformat-property/#examples)
- [Limitations](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-wpf/reference/txtextcontrol-wpf/textcontrol/cancharacterformat-property/#limitations)

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