# Paragraph

Use DsWord to set the formatting properties of a paragraph, such as alignment, indentation, shading, tab stops, etc. Learn more in DsWord docs.

## Content



In DsWord, a paragraph is represented by the Paragraph class. This class allows you to work with the paragraph element in a Word document. DsWord provides ParagraphFormat class which contains all the formatting properties for a paragraph, such as alignment, indentation, shading, tab stops, etc.

*   [Paragraph](/document-solutions/dot-net-word-api/docs/online/features/paragraph/paragraphs)
*   [Indentation](/document-solutions/dot-net-word-api/docs/online/features/paragraph/indentation)
*   [Line spacing](/document-solutions/dot-net-word-api/docs/online/features/paragraph/linespacing)
*   [Borders](/document-solutions/dot-net-word-api/docs/online/features/paragraph/borders)
*   [Background shading](/document-solutions/dot-net-word-api/docs/online/features/paragraph/backgroundshading)
*   [Tab stops](/document-solutions/dot-net-word-api/docs/online/features/paragraph/tabstops)
*   [Paragraph numbering](/document-solutions/dot-net-word-api/docs/online/features/paragraph/paragraphnumbering)
*   [Paragraph styling](/document-solutions/dot-net-word-api/docs/online/features/paragraph/paragraphstyling)