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title: "Creating a Text Paragraph"
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Use this report component to print a plain text paragraph.

1. Click **New Paragraph** to open the Add Paragraph dialog and choose *Text Paragraph*. The New Text Paragraph screen opens
2. On the **General** tab, enter a name for the paragraph. This will identify the paragraph in the report structure pane.
3. On the Paragrah tab, click the Format button to set any formatting for the paragraph. You can set the font properties and the text alignment
4. Enter the text for the paragraph. You can include parameter values by enclosing the parameter name in carets. **Example:**^MyParameter^
5. Click **OK** to save your changes.
6. Use the Up and Down arrows on the toolbar to move the component to the correct position.

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