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GetIndFirstLine

Returns the paragraph first line indentation.

Syntax​

expression.GetIndFirstLine();

expression - A variable that represents a ApiParagraph class.

Parameters​

This method doesn't have any parameters.

Returns​

twips | undefined

Example​

This example shows how to get the paragraph first line indentation.

// How to return the first line identation of a paragraph property.

// Return the first line indentation of a text property from the slide.

const presentation = Api.GetPresentation();
const slide = presentation.GetSlideByIndex(0);
slide.RemoveAllObjects();

const gs1 = Api.CreateGradientStop(Api.CreateRGBColor(255, 213, 191), 0);
const gs2 = Api.CreateGradientStop(Api.CreateRGBColor(255, 111, 61), 100000);
const fill = Api.CreateRadialGradientFill([gs1, gs2]);
const stroke = Api.CreateStroke(0, Api.CreateNoFill());
const shape = Api.CreateShape("flowChartMagneticTape", 300 * 36000, 130 * 36000, fill, stroke);
shape.SetPosition(608400, 1267200);
slide.AddObject(shape);

const docContent = shape.GetDocContent();
let paragraph = docContent.GetElement(0);
const paraPr = paragraph.GetParaPr();
paraPr.SetIndFirstLine(1440);
paragraph.AddText("This is the first paragraph with the indent of 1 inch set to the first line. ");
paragraph.AddText("This indent is set by the paragraph style. No paragraph inline style is applied. ");
paragraph.AddText("These sentences are used to add lines for demonstrative purposes. ");
paragraph.AddText("These sentences are used to add lines for demonstrative purposes. ");
paragraph.AddText("These sentences are used to add lines for demonstrative purposes.");

const indFirstLine = paraPr.GetIndFirstLine();
paragraph = Api.CreateParagraph();
paragraph.AddText("First line indent: " + indFirstLine);
docContent.Push(paragraph);