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# ParagraphStyle Object (IParagraphStyle Interface)

This object exposes properties of the paragraph style.

<Warning>
  If you wish to work with the style of a single paragraph, you must first call any of the functions that perform synthesis (e.g., the [Process](/fine-reader/engine/api-reference/document-related-objects/frdocument/process-method) or [Synthesize](/fine-reader/engine/api-reference/document-related-objects/frdocument/synthesize-method) method of the [FRDocument](/fine-reader/engine/api-reference/document-related-objects/frdocument) object), as these properties become meaningful only after synthesis.
</Warning>

## 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](/fine-reader/engine/api-reference/engine-object-iengine-interface) object.                                                                                 |
| BaseFont      | [FontStyle](/fine-reader/engine/api-reference/text-related-objects/fontstyle), [read-only](/fine-reader/engine/guided-tour/advanced-techniques/programming-aspects/working-with-properties#readonly_properties) | Stores the base font style of this style paragraphs.                                                                                                                            |
| HeadingLevel  | [int](/fine-reader/engine/guided-tour/advanced-techniques/programming-aspects/working-with-properties), read-only                                                                                               | Specifies the level of the heading. The property only makes sense if the value of the ParagraphRole property is PR\\\_Heading or PR\\\_HeadingNumber.                           |
| Name          | [BSTR](/fine-reader/engine/guided-tour/advanced-techniques/programming-aspects/working-with-properties), read-only                                                                                              | Returns the name of the paragraph style. ABBYY FineReader Engine generates the name of the style of a recognized paragraph using the ParagraphRole and HeadingLevel properties. |
| ParagraphRole | [ParagraphRoleEnum](/fine-reader/engine/api-reference/enumerations/paragraphroleenum), read-only                                                                                                                | Returns the role which paragraphs of this style have in the logical structure of a document.                                                                                    |

## Related objects

<img src="https://mintcdn.com/abbyy/i-EfCQVmseNiPQcp/images/fine-reader/engine/paragraphstyle.gif?s=906dc222e136c3346bda54b10bc05443" alt="ParagraphStyle" width="167" height="82" data-path="images/fine-reader/engine/paragraphstyle.gif" />[](/fine-reader/engine/api-reference/text-related-objects/paragraph#paragraphstyle)[](/fine-reader/engine/api-reference/text-related-objects/fontstyle)[](/fine-reader/engine/api-reference/text-related-objects/paragraph)

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

## See also

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