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# Formatting object

> formatting object in the ABBYY FineReader Engine JSON schema — paragraph text alignment and line spacing.

The formatting object describes the paragraph formatting. It contains information about text alignment and line spacing.

<table><thead><tr><th><p><strong>Property</strong></p></th><th><p><strong>Data type</strong></p></th><th><p><strong>Description</strong></p></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>aligning</strong></p></td><td><p>string enum</p></td><td><p>Alignment of the paragraph text.</p><p>Possible values:</p><ul><li>left</li><li>center</li><li>right</li><li>justified</li><li>justifiedForArabic</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>lineSpacing</strong></p></td><td><p>integer</p></td><td><p>Line spacing interval in the paragraph. Specified in points.</p><p>Minimum value: 0</p><p>Default value: 0</p></td></tr></tbody></table>