ParagraphStyle Element

The paragraphStyle element in Vantage OCR XML output describes formatting for a single paragraph: includes a fontStyle child and paragraph-level attributes.

The paragraphStyle element describes the formatting style for a single paragraph. Includes a fontStyle element. Has the following attributes:

Property	Data type	Description
id *	string	The identifier of the paragraph in a document.
name *	string	The name of the paragraph style.
mainFontStyleId *	string	The main font style of the paragraph.
role *	string	The function of the paragraph in the document. Possible values: text, tableText, heading, tableHeading, pictureCaption, tableCaption, contents, footNote, endNote, rt, garb, other, barcode, headingNumber
roleLevel	integer	The role level. The default value is -1, which means that the level is not available for this role.
align *	string	The paragraph alignment. Possible values: Left, Center, Right, Justified, Unknown. The default value is Left.
indentLeft	integer	The left indent. The default value is 0.
indentRight	integer	The right indent. The default value is 0.
indentFirst	integer	The first line indent. The default value is 0.
lineSpacing	integer	The space between lines. The default value is -1, which indicates automatic line spacing.

FontStyle Element

The fontStyle element describes the formatting style for fonts used in paragraphs. Has the following attributes:

Property	Data type	Description
id *	string	The identifier of the font style.
italic	boolean	Indicates that a font style is italic.
bold	boolean	Indicates that a font style is bold.
underline	boolean	Indicates that a font style is underlined.
strikeout	boolean	Indicates that a font style is strikeout.
smallcaps	boolean	Indicates that a font is small caps.
scaling	integer	The scaling of the font. The default value is 1000.
spacing	boolean	The character spacing. The default value is 0.
color	boolean	The font color. The default value is 0.
backgroundColor	boolean	The background color. The default value is 0.
ff *	string	The name of the font.
fs *	float	The size of the font.

* Indicates a required property.