first_line_indent property

ParagraphFormat.first_line_indent property

Gets or sets the value (in points) for a first line or hanging indent. Use positive values to set the first-line indent, and negative values to set the hanging indent.

@property
def first_line_indent(self) -> float:
    ...

@first_line_indent.setter
def first_line_indent(self, value: float):
    ...

Examples

Shows how to insert a paragraph into the document.

doc = aw.Document()
builder = aw.DocumentBuilder(doc)

font = builder.font
font.size = 16
font.bold = True
font.color = drawing.Color.blue
font.name = "Arial"
font.underline = aw.Underline.DASH

paragraph_format = builder.paragraph_format
paragraph_format.first_line_indent = 8
paragraph_format.alignment = aw.ParagraphAlignment.JUSTIFY
paragraph_format.add_space_between_far_east_and_alpha = True
paragraph_format.add_space_between_far_east_and_digit = True
paragraph_format.keep_together = True

# The "writeln" method ends the paragraph after appending text
# and then starts a new line, adding a new paragraph.
builder.writeln("Hello world!")

self.assertTrue(builder.current_paragraph.is_end_of_document)

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