> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.abbyy.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Line Element

> The line element in Vantage OCR XML output represents a line of a paragraph: contains formatting elements and provides baseline and bounding-box coordinates.

A line of a paragraph. Contains [formatting](/vantage/developer/output/xml/formatting-element) elements.

The tag has the following attributes:

| Property      | Data type | Description                                                       |
| :------------ | :-------- | :---------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `baseline` \* | `integer` | The distance from the base line to the top edge of the page.      |
| `l` \*        | `integer` | The coordinate of the left border of the surrounding rectangle.   |
| `t` \*        | `integer` | The coordinate of the top border of the surrounding rectangle.    |
| `r` \*        | `integer` | The coordinate of the right border of the surrounding rectangle.  |
| `b` \*        | `integer` | The coordinate of the bottom border of the surrounding rectangle. |

\* Indicates a required property.