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# Top Property of the PlainText Object

This property returns the coordinate of the top border of the symbol's rectangle as relative to the deskewed [black-and-white](/fine-reader/engine/guided-tour/advanced-techniques/working-with-images#black-and-white) plane of the source image.

## Syntax

### C++

```cpp theme={null}
HRESULT get_Top(
   int  Index,
   int* Result
);
```

### C\#

```csharp theme={null}
int get_Top( int Index );
```

### Visual Basic .NET

```vb theme={null}
Property Top(Index As Integer) As Integer
```

## Parameters

Index

\[in] This parameter specifies the index of the specified symbol in the recognized text.

Result

\[out, retval] A pointer to int variable that receives the value of this property.

## Return values

This function has no specific return values. It returns the [standard return values of ABBYY FineReader Engine functions](/fine-reader/engine/api-reference/return-codes).

## See also

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

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