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# Paragraphs Object (IParagraphs Interface)

This object provides access to the collection of recognized text paragraphs.

Besides standard collection methods and properties, it contains the IndexOf method that allows you to find paragraph index in the collection given a pointer to [Paragraph](/fine-reader/engine/api-reference/text-related-objects/paragraph) object. The collection is accessible via the [Text](/fine-reader/engine/api-reference/text-related-objects/text) object.

* The indexing of ABBYY FineReader Engine collections starts with 0.
* The foreach statement in C# (for each in Visual Basic .NET) can be used to manipulate the collection.

## Properties

| Name                                                                                                                  | Type                                                                                                                                                                                                            | Description                                            |
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------ |
| Application                                                                                                           | [Engine](/fine-reader/engine/api-reference/engine-object-iengine-interface), [read-only](/fine-reader/engine/guided-tour/advanced-techniques/programming-aspects/working-with-properties#readonly_properties)   | Returns the Engine object.                             |
| Count                                                                                                                 | [int](/fine-reader/engine/guided-tour/advanced-techniques/programming-aspects/working-with-properties), read-only                                                                                               | Stores the number of elements in the collection.       |
| [Element](/fine-reader/engine/visual-components-reference/supplementary-objects/spellwordcollection/element-property) | [Paragraph](/fine-reader/engine/api-reference/text-related-objects/paragraph), [read-only](/fine-reader/engine/guided-tour/advanced-techniques/programming-aspects/working-with-properties#readonly_properties) | Provides access to a single element of the collection. |

## Methods

| Name                                                                                                          | Description                                            |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------ |
| [IndexOf](/fine-reader/engine/api-reference/text-related-objects/paragraphs/indexof-method)                   | Returns the index of a paragraph in the collection.    |
| [Item](/fine-reader/engine/visual-components-reference/supplementary-objects/spellwordcollection/item-method) | Provides access to a single element of the collection. |

## Related objects

<img src="https://mintcdn.com/abbyy/i-EfCQVmseNiPQcp/images/fine-reader/engine/paragraphs.gif?s=4750b3336df12c649bccf6a212b138a2" alt="Paragraphs" width="154" height="91" data-path="images/fine-reader/engine/paragraphs.gif" />[](/fine-reader/engine/api-reference/text-related-objects/text#paragraphs)[](/fine-reader/engine/visual-components-reference/supplementary-objects/spellwordcollection/element-property)[](/fine-reader/engine/api-reference/text-related-objects/paragraph)[](/fine-reader/engine/api-reference/text-related-objects/text)

[Object Diagram](/fine-reader/engine/api-reference/object-diagram)

## Samples

The object is used in the following code samples:

* Linux: [CustomLanguage](/fine-reader/engine/guided-tour/samples#customlanguage)
* Windows: [CustomLanguage](/fine-reader/engine/guided-tour/samples#customlanguage), [RecognizedTextProcessing](/fine-reader/engine/guided-tour/samples#recognizedtextprocessing); and demo tools: [Engine Predefined Processing Profiles](/fine-reader/engine/guided-tour/samples#engine_predefined_processing_profiles)

## See also

[Text](/fine-reader/engine/api-reference/text-related-objects/text)

[Paragraph](/fine-reader/engine/api-reference/text-related-objects/paragraph)

[Working with Text](/fine-reader/engine/guided-tour/advanced-techniques/working-with-text)

[Working with Collections](/fine-reader/engine/guided-tour/advanced-techniques/programming-aspects/working-with-collections)

[Working with Properties](/fine-reader/engine/guided-tour/advanced-techniques/programming-aspects/working-with-properties)