Word.Paragraph class

Specifies the alignment for a paragraph. The value can be 'left', 'centered', 'right', or 'justified'.

alignment: Word.Alignment | "Mixed" | "Unknown" | "Left" | "Centered" | "Right" | "Justified";

Property Value

Remarks

[ API set: WordApi 1.1 ]

Examples

// Link to full sample: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/OfficeDev/office-js-snippets/prod/samples/word/25-paragraph/paragraph-properties.yaml

await Word.run(async (context) => {
  // Center last paragraph alignment.
  context.document.body.paragraphs.getLast().alignment = "Centered";

  await context.sync();
});

Gets the collection of content control objects in the paragraph.

readonly contentControls: Word.ContentControlCollection;

Property Value

Remarks

[ API set: WordApi 1.1 ]

The request context associated with the object. This connects the add-in's process to the Office host application's process.

context: RequestContext;

Property Value

Specifies the value, in points, for a first line or hanging indent. Use a positive value to set a first-line indent, and use a negative value to set a hanging indent.

firstLineIndent: number;

Property Value

Remarks

[ API set: WordApi 1.1 ]

Gets the text format of the paragraph. Use this to get and set font name, size, color, and other properties.

readonly font: Word.Font;

Property Value

Remarks

[ API set: WordApi 1.1 ]

Gets the collection of InlinePicture objects in the paragraph. The collection doesn't include floating images.

readonly inlinePictures: Word.InlinePictureCollection;

Property Value

Remarks

[ API set: WordApi 1.1 ]

Specifies the left indent value, in points, for the paragraph.

leftIndent: number;

Property Value

Remarks

[ API set: WordApi 1.1 ]

Examples

// Link to full sample: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/OfficeDev/office-js-snippets/prod/samples/word/25-paragraph/paragraph-properties.yaml

await Word.run(async (context) => {
  // Indent the first paragraph.
  context.document.body.paragraphs.getFirst().leftIndent = 75; //units = points

  return context.sync();
});

Specifies the line spacing, in points, for the specified paragraph. In the Word UI, this value is divided by 12.

lineSpacing: number;

Property Value

Remarks

[ API set: WordApi 1.1 ]

Examples

// Link to full sample: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/OfficeDev/office-js-snippets/prod/samples/word/25-paragraph/paragraph-properties.yaml

await Word.run(async (context) => {
  // Adjust line spacing.
  context.document.body.paragraphs.getFirst().lineSpacing = 20;

  await context.sync();
});

Specifies the amount of spacing, in grid lines, after the paragraph.

lineUnitAfter: number;

Property Value

Remarks

[ API set: WordApi 1.1 ]

Examples

// Link to full sample: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/OfficeDev/office-js-snippets/prod/samples/word/25-paragraph/paragraph-properties.yaml

await Word.run(async (context) => {
  // Set the space (in line units) after the first paragraph.
  context.document.body.paragraphs.getFirst().lineUnitAfter = 1;

  await context.sync();
});

Specifies the amount of spacing, in grid lines, before the paragraph.

lineUnitBefore: number;

Property Value

Remarks

[ API set: WordApi 1.1 ]

Examples

// Link to full sample: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/OfficeDev/office-js-snippets/prod/samples/word/25-paragraph/paragraph-properties.yaml

await Word.run(async (context) => {
  // Set the space (in line units) before the first paragraph.
  context.document.body.paragraphs.getFirst().lineUnitBefore = 1;

  await context.sync();
});

Specifies the outline level for the paragraph.

outlineLevel: number;

Property Value

Remarks

[ API set: WordApi 1.1 ]

Gets the content control that contains the paragraph. Throws an ItemNotFound error if there isn't a parent content control.

readonly parentContentControl: Word.ContentControl;

Property Value

Remarks

[ API set: WordApi 1.1 ]

Specifies the right indent value, in points, for the paragraph.

rightIndent: number;

Property Value

Remarks

[ API set: WordApi 1.1 ]

Specifies the spacing, in points, after the paragraph.

spaceAfter: number;

Property Value

Remarks

[ API set: WordApi 1.1 ]

Examples

// Link to full sample: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/OfficeDev/office-js-snippets/prod/samples/word/25-paragraph/paragraph-properties.yaml

await Word.run(async (context) => {
  // Set the space (in points) after the first paragraph.
  context.document.body.paragraphs.getFirst().spaceAfter = 20;

  await context.sync();
});

Specifies the spacing, in points, before the paragraph.

spaceBefore: number;

Property Value

Remarks

[ API set: WordApi 1.1 ]

Specifies the style name for the paragraph. Use this property for custom styles and localized style names. To use the built-in styles that are portable between locales, see the "styleBuiltIn" property.

style: string;

Property Value

Remarks

[ API set: WordApi 1.1 ]

Examples

// Link to full sample: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/OfficeDev/office-js-snippets/prod/samples/word/50-document/manage-styles.yaml

// Applies the specified style to a paragraph.
await Word.run(async (context) => {
  const styleName = $("#style-name-to-use").val() as string;
  if (styleName == "") {
    console.warn("Enter a style name to apply.");
    return;
  }

  const style: Word.Style = context.document.getStyles().getByNameOrNullObject(styleName);
  style.load();
  await context.sync();

  if (style.isNullObject) {
    console.warn(`There's no existing style with the name '${styleName}'.`);
  } else if (style.type != Word.StyleType.paragraph) {
    console.log(`The '${styleName}' style isn't a paragraph style.`);
  } else {
    const body: Word.Body = context.document.body;
    body.clear();
    body.insertParagraph(
      "Do you want to create a solution that extends the functionality of Word? You can use the Office Add-ins platform to extend Word clients running on the web, on a Windows desktop, or on a Mac.",
      "Start"
    );
    const paragraph: Word.Paragraph = body.paragraphs.getFirst();
    paragraph.style = style.nameLocal;
    console.log(`'${styleName}' style applied to first paragraph.`);
  }
});

Gets the text of the paragraph.

readonly text: string;

Property Value

Remarks

[ API set: WordApi 1.1 ]

Examples

// Link to full sample: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/OfficeDev/office-js-snippets/prod/samples/word/25-paragraph/get-paragraph-on-insertion-point.yaml

await Word.run(async (context) => {
  // The collection of paragraphs of the current selection returns the full paragraphs contained in it.
  const paragraph: Word.Paragraph = context.document.getSelection().paragraphs.getFirst();
  paragraph.load("text");

  await context.sync();
  console.log(paragraph.text);
});

Clears the contents of the paragraph object. The user can perform the undo operation on the cleared content.

clear(): void;

Returns

Remarks

[ API set: WordApi 1.1 ]

Examples

// Run a batch operation against the Word object model.
await Word.run(async (context) => {

    // Create a proxy object for the paragraphs collection.
    const paragraphs = context.document.body.paragraphs;

    // Queue a command to load the style property for all of the paragraphs.
    paragraphs.load('style');

    // Synchronize the document state by executing the queued commands,
    // and return a promise to indicate task completion.
    await context.sync();

    // Queue a command to clear the contents of the first paragraph.
    paragraphs.items[0].clear();

    // Synchronize the document state by executing the queued commands,
    // and return a promise to indicate task completion.
    await context.sync();
    console.log('Cleared the contents of the first paragraph.');
});

Deletes the paragraph and its content from the document.

delete(): void;

Returns

Remarks

[ API set: WordApi 1.1 ]

Examples

// Run a batch operation against the Word object model.
await Word.run(async (context) => {

    // Create a proxy object for the paragraphs collection.
    const paragraphs = context.document.body.paragraphs;

    // Queue a command to load the text property for all of the paragraphs.
    paragraphs.load('text');

    // Synchronize the document state by executing the queued commands,
    // and return a promise to indicate task completion.
    await context.sync();

    // Queue a command to delete the first paragraph.
    paragraphs.items[0].delete();

    // Synchronize the document state by executing the queued commands,
    // and return a promise to indicate task completion.
    await context.sync();
    console.log('Deleted the first paragraph.');
});

Gets an HTML representation of the paragraph object. When rendered in a web page or HTML viewer, the formatting will be a close, but not exact, match for of the formatting of the document. This method doesn't return the exact same HTML for the same document on different platforms (Windows, Mac, Word on the web, etc.). If you need exact fidelity, or consistency across platforms, use Paragraph.getOoxml() and convert the returned XML to HTML.

getHtml(): OfficeExtension.ClientResult<string>;

Returns

Remarks

[ API set: WordApi 1.1 ]

Examples

// Run a batch operation against the Word object model.
await Word.run(async (context) => {

    // Create a proxy object for the paragraphs collection.
    const paragraphs = context.document.body.paragraphs;

    // Queue a command to load the style property for all of the paragraphs.
    paragraphs.load('style');

    // Synchronize the document state by executing the queued commands,
    // and return a promise to indicate task completion.
    await context.sync();

    // Queue a set of commands to get the HTML of the first paragraph.
    const html = paragraphs.items[0].getHtml();

    // Synchronize the document state by executing the queued commands,
    // and return a promise to indicate task completion.
    await context.sync();
    console.log('Paragraph HTML: ' + html.value);
});

Gets the Office Open XML (OOXML) representation of the paragraph object.

getOoxml(): OfficeExtension.ClientResult<string>;

Returns

Remarks

[ API set: WordApi 1.1 ]

Examples

// Run a batch operation against the Word object model.
await Word.run(async (context) => {

    // Create a proxy object for the paragraphs collection.
    const paragraphs = context.document.body.paragraphs;

    // Queue a command to load the style property for the top 2 paragraphs.
    paragraphs.load({select: 'style', top: 2} );

    // Synchronize the document state by executing the queued commands,
    // and return a promise to indicate task completion.
    await context.sync();

    // Queue a set of commands to get the OOXML of the first paragraph.
    const ooxml = paragraphs.items[0].getOoxml();

    // Synchronize the document state by executing the queued commands,
    // and return a promise to indicate task completion.
    await context.sync();
    console.log('Paragraph OOXML: ' + ooxml.value);
});

Inserts a break at the specified location in the main document.

insertBreak(breakType: Word.BreakType | "Page" | "Next" | "SectionNext" | "SectionContinuous" | "SectionEven" | "SectionOdd" | "Line", insertLocation: Word.InsertLocation.before | Word.InsertLocation.after | "Before" | "After"): void;

Parameters

Returns

Remarks

[ API set: WordApi 1.1 ]

Examples

// Run a batch operation against the Word object model.
await Word.run(async (context) => {

    // Create a proxy object for the paragraphs collection.
    const paragraphs = context.document.body.paragraphs;

    // Queue a command to load the style property for the top 2 paragraphs.
    // We never perform an empty load. We always must request a property.
    paragraphs.load({select: 'style', top: 2} );

    // Synchronize the document state by executing the queued commands,
    // and return a promise to indicate task completion.
    await context.sync();

    // Queue a command to get the first paragraph.
    const paragraph = paragraphs.items[0];

    // Queue a command to insert a page break after the first paragraph.
    paragraph.insertBreak(Word.BreakType.page, Word.InsertLocation.after);

    // Synchronize the document state by executing the queued commands,
    // and return a promise to indicate task completion.
    await context.sync();
    console.log('Inserted a page break after the paragraph.');
});

// Link to full sample: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/OfficeDev/office-js-snippets/prod/samples/word/25-paragraph/insert-line-and-page-breaks.yaml

Word.run(async (context) => {
  context.document.body.paragraphs.getFirst().insertBreak(Word.BreakType.line, "After");

  await context.sync();
  console.log("success");
});

Wraps the Paragraph object with a content control.

insertContentControl(contentControlType?: Word.ContentControlType.richText | Word.ContentControlType.plainText | Word.ContentControlType.checkBox | Word.ContentControlType.dropDownList | Word.ContentControlType.comboBox | "RichText" | "PlainText" | "CheckBox" | "DropDownList" | "ComboBox"): Word.ContentControl;

Parameters

Returns

Remarks

[ API set: WordApi 1.1 ]

Note: The contentControlType parameter was introduced in WordApi 1.5. PlainText support was added in WordApi 1.5. CheckBox support was added in WordApi 1.7. DropDownList and ComboBox support was added in WordApi 1.9.

Examples

// Run a batch operation against the Word object model.
await Word.run(async (context) => {

    // Create a proxy object for the paragraphs collection.
    const paragraphs = context.document.body.paragraphs;

    // Queue a command to load the style property for the top 2 paragraphs.
    // We never perform an empty load. We always must request a property.
    paragraphs.load({select: 'style', top: 2} );

    // Synchronize the document state by executing the queued commands,
    // and return a promise to indicate task completion.
    await context.sync();

    // Queue a command to get the first paragraph.
    const paragraph = paragraphs.items[0];

    // Queue a command to wrap the first paragraph in a rich text content control.
    paragraph.insertContentControl();

    // Synchronize the document state by executing the queued commands,
    // and return a promise to indicate task completion.
    await context.sync();
    console.log('Wrapped the first paragraph in a content control.');
});

// Link to full sample: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/OfficeDev/office-js-snippets/prod/samples/word/10-content-controls/insert-and-change-content-controls.yaml

// Traverses each paragraph of the document and wraps a content control on each with either a even or odd tags.
await Word.run(async (context) => {
  let paragraphs = context.document.body.paragraphs;
  paragraphs.load("$none"); // Don't need any properties; just wrap each paragraph with a content control.

  await context.sync();

  for (let i = 0; i < paragraphs.items.length; i++) {
    let contentControl = paragraphs.items[i].insertContentControl();
    // For even, tag "even".
    if (i % 2 === 0) {
      contentControl.tag = "even";
    } else {
      contentControl.tag = "odd";
    }
  }
  console.log("Content controls inserted: " + paragraphs.items.length);

  await context.sync();
});

Inserts a document into the paragraph at the specified location.

insertFileFromBase64(base64File: string, insertLocation: Word.InsertLocation.replace | Word.InsertLocation.start | Word.InsertLocation.end | "Replace" | "Start" | "End"): Word.Range;

Parameters

Returns

Remarks

[ API set: WordApi 1.1 ]

Note: Insertion isn't supported if the document being inserted contains an ActiveX control (likely in a form field). Consider replacing such a form field with a content control or other option appropriate for your scenario.

Inserts HTML into the paragraph at the specified location.

insertHtml(html: string, insertLocation: Word.InsertLocation.replace | Word.InsertLocation.start | Word.InsertLocation.end | "Replace" | "Start" | "End"): Word.Range;

Parameters

Returns

Remarks

[ API set: WordApi 1.1 ]

Examples

// Run a batch operation against the Word object model.
await Word.run(async (context) => {

    // Create a proxy object for the paragraphs collection.
    const paragraphs = context.document.body.paragraphs;

    // Queue a command to load the style property for the top 2 paragraphs.
    // We never perform an empty load. We always must request a property.
    paragraphs.load({select: 'style', top: 2} );

    // Synchronize the document state by executing the queued commands,
    // and return a promise to indicate task completion.
    await context.sync();

    // Queue a command to get the first paragraph.
    const paragraph = paragraphs.items[0];

    // Queue a command to insert HTML content at the end of the first paragraph.
    paragraph.insertHtml('<strong>Inserted HTML.</strong>', Word.InsertLocation.end);

    // Synchronize the document state by executing the queued commands,
    // and return a promise to indicate task completion.
    await context.sync();
    console.log('Inserted HTML content at the end of the first paragraph.');
});

Inserts a picture into the paragraph at the specified location.

insertInlinePictureFromBase64(base64EncodedImage: string, insertLocation: Word.InsertLocation.replace | Word.InsertLocation.start | Word.InsertLocation.end | "Replace" | "Start" | "End"): Word.InlinePicture;

Parameters

Returns

Remarks

[ API set: WordApi 1.1 ]

Examples

// Run a batch operation against the Word object model.
await Word.run(async (context) => {

    // Create a proxy object for the paragraphs collection.
    const paragraphs = context.document.body.paragraphs;

    // Queue a command to load the style property for all of the paragraphs.
    paragraphs.load('style');

    // Synchronize the document state by executing the queued commands,
    // and return a promise to indicate task completion.
    await context.sync();

    // Queue a command to get the first paragraph.
    const paragraph = paragraphs.items[0];

    const b64encodedImg = "iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAB4AAAANCAIAAAAxEEnAAAAAAXNSR0IArs4c6QAAAARnQU1BAACxjwv8YQUAAAAJcEhZcwAADsMAAA7DAcdvqGQAAACFSURBVDhPtY1BEoQwDMP6/0+XgIMTBAeYoTqso9Rkx1zG+tNj1H94jgGzeNSjteO5vtQQuG2seO0av8LzGbe3anzRoJ4ybm/VeKEerAEbAUpW4aWQCmrGFWykRzGBCnYy2ha3oAIq2MloW9yCCqhgJ6NtcQsqoIKdjLbFLaiACnYyf2fODbrjZcXfr2F4AAAAAElFTkSuQmCC";

    // Queue a command to insert a base64 encoded image at the beginning of the first paragraph.
    paragraph.insertInlinePictureFromBase64(b64encodedImg, Word.InsertLocation.start);

    // Synchronize the document state by executing the queued commands,
    // and return a promise to indicate task completion.
    await context.sync();
    console.log('Added an image to the first paragraph.');
});

Inserts OOXML into the paragraph at the specified location.

insertOoxml(ooxml: string, insertLocation: Word.InsertLocation.replace | Word.InsertLocation.start | Word.InsertLocation.end | "Replace" | "Start" | "End"): Word.Range;

Parameters

Returns

Remarks

[ API set: WordApi 1.1 ]

Inserts a paragraph at the specified location.

insertParagraph(paragraphText: string, insertLocation: Word.InsertLocation.before | Word.InsertLocation.after | "Before" | "After"): Word.Paragraph;

Parameters

Returns

Remarks

[ API set: WordApi 1.1 ]

Inserts text into the paragraph at the specified location.

insertText(text: string, insertLocation: Word.InsertLocation.replace | Word.InsertLocation.start | Word.InsertLocation.end | "Replace" | "Start" | "End"): Word.Range;

Parameters

Returns

Remarks

[ API set: WordApi 1.1 ]

Examples

// Link to full sample: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/OfficeDev/office-js-snippets/prod/samples/word/25-paragraph/insert-in-different-locations.yaml

await Word.run(async (context) => {
  // Replace the last paragraph.
  const range: Word.Range = context.document.body.paragraphs.getLast().insertText("Just replaced the last paragraph!", "Replace");
  range.font.highlightColor = "black";
  range.font.color = "white";

  await context.sync();
});

Queues up a command to load the specified properties of the object. You must call context.sync() before reading the properties.

load(options?: Word.Interfaces.ParagraphLoadOptions): Word.Paragraph;

Parameters

Returns

Queues up a command to load the specified properties of the object. You must call context.sync() before reading the properties.

load(propertyNames?: string | string[]): Word.Paragraph;

Parameters

Returns

Queues up a command to load the specified properties of the object. You must call context.sync() before reading the properties.

load(propertyNamesAndPaths?: {
            select?: string;
            expand?: string;
        }): Word.Paragraph;

Parameters

Returns

Performs a search with the specified SearchOptions on the scope of the paragraph object. The search results are a collection of range objects.

search(searchText: string, searchOptions?: Word.SearchOptions | {
            ignorePunct?: boolean;
            ignoreSpace?: boolean;
            matchCase?: boolean;
            matchPrefix?: boolean;
            matchSuffix?: boolean;
            matchWholeWord?: boolean;
            matchWildcards?: boolean;
        }): Word.RangeCollection;

Parameters

Returns

Remarks

[ API set: WordApi 1.1 ]

Selects and navigates the Word UI to the paragraph.

select(selectionMode?: Word.SelectionMode): void;

Parameters

Returns

Remarks

[ API set: WordApi 1.1 ]

Examples

// Link to full sample: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/OfficeDev/office-js-snippets/prod/samples/word/35-ranges/scroll-to-range.yaml

await Word.run(async (context) => {
  // If select is called with no parameters, it selects the object.
  context.document.body.paragraphs.getLast().select();

  await context.sync();
});

...

await Word.run(async (context) => {
  // Select can be at the start or end of a range; this by definition moves the insertion point without selecting the range.
  context.document.body.paragraphs.getLast().select(Word.SelectionMode.end);

  await context.sync();
});

Selects and navigates the Word UI to the paragraph.

select(selectionModeString?: "Select" | "Start" | "End"): void;

Parameters

Returns

Remarks

[ API set: WordApi 1.1 ]

Sets multiple properties of an object at the same time. You can pass either a plain object with the appropriate properties, or another API object of the same type.

set(properties: Interfaces.ParagraphUpdateData, options?: OfficeExtension.UpdateOptions): void;

Parameters

Returns

Examples

// Link to full sample: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/OfficeDev/office-js-snippets/prod/samples/word/90-scenarios/multiple-property-set.yaml

await Word.run(async (context) => {
  const paragraph: Word.Paragraph = context.document.body.paragraphs.getFirst();
  paragraph.set({
    leftIndent: 30,
    font: {
      bold: true,
      color: "red"
    }
  });

  await context.sync();
});

...

await Word.run(async (context) => {
  const firstParagraph: Word.Paragraph = context.document.body.paragraphs.getFirst();
  const secondParagraph: Word.Paragraph = firstParagraph.getNext();
  firstParagraph.load("text, font/color, font/bold, leftIndent");

  await context.sync();

  secondParagraph.set(firstParagraph);

  await context.sync();
});

Sets multiple properties on the object at the same time, based on an existing loaded object.

set(properties: Word.Paragraph): void;

Parameters

Returns

Overrides the JavaScript toJSON() method in order to provide more useful output when an API object is passed to JSON.stringify(). (JSON.stringify, in turn, calls the toJSON method of the object that's passed to it.) Whereas the original Word.Paragraph object is an API object, the toJSON method returns a plain JavaScript object (typed as Word.Interfaces.ParagraphData) that contains shallow copies of any loaded child properties from the original object.

toJSON(): Word.Interfaces.ParagraphData;

Returns

Track the object for automatic adjustment based on surrounding changes in the document. This call is a shorthand for context.trackedObjects.add(thisObject). If you're using this object across .sync calls and outside the sequential execution of a ".run" batch, and get an "InvalidObjectPath" error when setting a property or invoking a method on the object, you need to add the object to the tracked object collection when the object was first created. If this object is part of a collection, you should also track the parent collection.

track(): Word.Paragraph;

Returns

Release the memory associated with this object, if it has previously been tracked. This call is shorthand for context.trackedObjects.remove(thisObject). Having many tracked objects slows down the host application, so please remember to free any objects you add, once you're done using them. You'll need to call context.sync() before the memory release takes effect.

untrack(): Word.Paragraph;

Returns