Create and Format Paragraphs

Create a Paragraph

To create a Paragraph object, use the mlreportgen.ppt.Paragraph constructor. You can:

• Create an empty Paragraph object.

• Specify a character vector for the paragraph text.

• Specify a Text or ExternalLink object as the paragraph text.

After you create a Paragraph object, you can append character vectors or Text objects to add text to the paragraph. You can specify separate formatting for each Text and ExternalLink object that you append.

Format Paragraph Content

You can specify the default formatting to apply to the text in a paragraph. The paragraph formatting applies to text that you add. The paragraph formatting applies to Text and ExternalLink objects in the paragraph, unless those objects specify formatting that overrides the default paragraph formatting. For example, this code produces alternating red and green text:

p = Paragraph('Default paragraph green text');
p.FontColor = 'green';

redText = Text('  red text');
redText.FontColor = 'red';
append(p,redText);

moreText = Text('  back to default green text');
append(p,moreText);

Paragraph Object Formatting	Format Object	Format Property
Font family	FontFamily	Font
Font family for complex scripts to handle locales	FontFamily	ComplexScriptFont
Font size	FontSize	FontSize
Bold	Bold	Bold
Font color	FontColor	FontColor
Italic	Italic	Italic
Strike	Strike	Strike
Underline	Underline	Underline
Subscript	Subscript	Subscript
Superscript	Superscript	Superscript
Horizontal alignment	HAlign	HAlign
Level of indentation Use the PowerPoint® template to specify formatting for each level.	n/a	Level

Tip

Although you can specify that text in a Paragraph object is a subscript or superscript, using Text objects with Subscript or Superscript property set gives you greater formatting flexibility.