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{excerpt}Represents a paragraph in the Word document. Technically, a paragraph is a block of text that ends with a carriage return.{excerpt}
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 public class Paragraph : Element
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Public Class Paragraph
		Inherits Element
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{remarks}To create a new paragraph, use [Element.InsertParagraphBefore()|Element.InsertParagraphBefore] or [Element.InsertParagraphAfter()|Element.InsertParagraphAfter]. Each of these methods take a single argument of type [NamedStyle|NamedStyle]. This argument can be null. If it is null, the Normal style is used. This method can be called from the [Document|Document] object because {{Document}} inherits from the [Element|Element] class.

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{example}{code:csharp|title=C#}

          //--- Insert a paragraph at the end of a new document and add some sample text
          WordApplication app = new WordApplication();
          Document doc = app.Create();
          Paragraph paragraph = doc.InsertParagraphAfter(null);
          paragraph.InsertTextAfter("This is a new paragraph.");

          //--- Get the first paragraph of an existing document
          WordApplication app = new WordApplication();
          Document doc = app.Open(@"C:\sample.doc");
          Paragraph firstParagraph = doc.Elements(Element.Type.Paragraph)[0];
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{code:vb.net|title=vb.net}

          '--- Insert a paragraph at the end of a new document and add some sample text
          Dim app As New WordApplication()
          Dim doc As Document = app.Create()
          Dim parargraph As Paragraph = doc.InsertParagraphAfter(Nothing)
          paragraph.InsertTextAfter("This is a new paragraph.")

          '--- Get the first paragraph of an existing document
          Dim app As New WordApplication()
          Dim doc As Document = app.Open("C:\sample.doc")
          Dim blocks() As BlockElements = doc.BlockElements
          Dim firstParagraph As Paragraph = doc.Elements(Element.Type.Paragraph)(0)
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{properties}
||Name||Description||
|[Formatting|Paragraph.Formatting]|{excerpt-include:Paragraph.Formatting|nopanel=true}|
|[Style|Paragraph.Style]|{excerpt-include:Paragraph.Style|nopanel=true}|