Property	Type	Access	Description
alignToBaseline	Boolean	r/w	If true, align the baseline to the baseline grid.
allGraphics	Array of Graphics	read	All graphics contained by the object.
allPageItems	Array of PageItems	read	All page items contained by the object.
appliedCharacterStyle	CharacterStyle, String	r/w	The character style applied to the object.
appliedFont	Font, String	r/w	The applied font. Either a font object or the name of font family.
appliedLanguage	LanguageWithVendors, Language, String	r/w	The language dictionary appled to the object.
appliedParagraphStyle	ParagraphStyle, String	r/w	The applied paragraph style.
ascent	Unit	read	The maximum ascent of any character in the object.
associatedXMLElements	Array of XMLItems	read	The XML elements associated with the object.
autoLeading	Real	r/w	Percentage used for calculating auto leading.
balanceRaggedLines	Boolean, BalanceLinesStyle enumeration	r/w	If true, or set to one of the enumerations, apply ragged line balancing to the paragraph containing the object.
baseline	Unit	read	The vertical position of the baseline on the page, relative to the ruler zero point.
baselineShift	Unit	r/w	The amount of baseline shift applied to the object.
bulletChar	Bullet	read	The bullet character used when a bullet is applied to the paragraph containing the object.
bulletsAndNumberingColor	AutoEnum enumeration, Swatch, String	r/w	The color of the bullet or numbering.
bulletsAndNumberingListType	ListType enumeration	r/w	The list type to use for bullets and numbering.
bulletsAndNumberingSize	AutoEnum enumeration, Real	r/w	The point size of the bullet or numbering.
buttons	Buttons	read	The buttons contained by the object.
capitalization	Capitalization enumeration	r/w	The capitalization applied to the object.
characters	Characters	read	The characters of the object.
composer	String	r/w	The applied text composer.
contents	String, SpecialCharacters enumeration (see table at end of chapter)	r/w	The text contents.
descent	Unit	read	The maximum descent of any character in the object.
desiredGlyphScaling	Real	r/w	The desired percentage of glyph scaling.
desiredLetterSpacing	Real	r/w	The desired percentage of letter spacing.
desiredWordSpacing	Real	r/w	The desired percentage of word spacing.
dropCapCharacters	Short	r/w	The number of characters for a drop cap.
dropCapLines	Short	r/w	The number of lines for drop cap.
dropCapStyle	CharacterStyle, String	r/w	The character style for a drop cap.
fillColor	Swatch, String	r/w	The fill of the object.
fillTint	Real	r/w	The tint percentage applied to the fill of the object (-1 indicates 100%).
firstLineIndent	Unit	r/w	The first line indent.
fontStyle	String	r/w	The name of the applied font style.
footnotes	Footnotes	read	The footnotes contained by the object.
formFields	FormFields	read	The form fields contained by the object.
gradientFillAngle	Real	r/w	The angle of the gradient applied to the fill of the object.
gradientFillLength	Real	r/w	Length (for a linear gradient) or radius (for a radial gradient) of the gradient applied to the fill of the object.
gradientFillStart	Array of 2 Units	r/w	Starting point (for a linear gradient) or center point (for a radial gradient) of a gradient applied to the fill of the object.
gradientStrokeAngle	Real	r/w	The angle of the gradient applied to the stroke of the object.
gradientStrokeLength	Real	r/w	Length (for a linear gradient) or radius (for a radial gradient) of the gradient applied to the stroke of the object.
gradientStrokeStart	Array of 2 Units	r/w	Starting point (for a linear gradient) or center point (for a radial gradient) of a gradient applied to the stroke of the object.
graphicLines	GraphicLines	read	The graphic lines contained by the object.
gridAlignFirstLineOnly	Boolean	r/w	If true, only the first line of the object will be aligned to the frame grid or baseline grid.
groups	Groups	read	The groups contained by the object.
horizontalOffset	Unit	read	The horizontal position of the baseline on the page, relative to the ruler zero point.
horizontalScale	Real	r/w	The horizontal scaling percentage applied to the object, including the scaling applied to its containing object(s).
hyphenateAfterFirst	Short	r/w	Hyphenate after this many letters.
hyphenateBeforeLast	Short	r/w	Hyphenate before this many letters.
hyphenateCapitalizedWords	Boolean	r/w	If true, hyphenate capitalized words.
hyphenateLadderLimit	Short	r/w	The number of consecutive hyphens allowed.
hyphenateLastWord	Boolean	r/w	If true, allow hyphenation for the last word of the paragraph.
hyphenateWordsLongerThan	Short	r/w	Disallow hyphenation for words shorter than this length (in characters).
hyphenation	Boolean	r/w	If true, hyphenation is on.
hyphenationZone	Unit	r/w	The width of the hyphenation zone.
hyphenWeight	Short	r/w	An value (from 1 to 11) that denotes the relative desirability of hyphenation in composing the text. Lower values result in greater use of hyphenation; higher values result in greater variation of spacing between lines of text.
index	Long	read	Index of the object within its parent object.
insertionPoints	InsertionPoints	read	The insertion points in the object.
justification	Justification enumeration	r/w	The alignment applied to the paragraph.
keepAllLinesTogether	Boolean	r/w	If true, to keep all lines of the paragraph together.
keepFirstLines	Short	r/w	If the paragraph has to break across text columns or text frames, do not leave fewer than this number of lines at the beginning of the paragraph.
keepLastLines	Short	r/w	If the paragraph has to break across text columns or text frames, do not leave fewer than this number of lines at the end of the paragraph.
keepLinesTogether	Boolean	r/w	If true, use the settings for KeepAllLinesTogether, KeepFirstLines, and KeepLastLines.
keepWithNext	Short	r/w	If this value is set to zero, allow a page break, column break, or frame break between this paragraph and the following paragraph. If the paragraph following this paragraph has to break across text columns or text frames, keep this paragraph with at least this number of lines of the following paragraph.
kerningMethod	String	r/w	The type of kerning (Optical, Metrics or None).
kerningValue	Real	r/w	The amount of kerning.
lastLineIndent	Unit	r/w	The last line indent.
leading	Unit, Leading enumeration	r/w	The applied leading.
leftIndent	Unit	r/w	The left indent.
length	Long	read	The number of characters in the object.
ligatures	Boolean	r/w	If true, use automatic ligature replacement characters.
lines	Lines	read	The lines of text in the object.
maximumGlyphScaling	Real	r/w	The maximum percentage of glyph scaling.
maximumLetterSpacing	Real	r/w	The maximum percentage of letter spacing.
maximumWordSpacing	Real	r/w	The maximum percentage of word spacing.
minimumGlyphScaling	Real	r/w	The minimum percentage of glyph scaling.
minimumLetterSpacing	Real	r/w	The minimum percentage of letter spacing.
minimumWordSpacing	Real	r/w	The minimum percentage of word spacing.
nestedStyles	NestedStyles	read	The nested styles applied to the object.
noBreak	Boolean	r/w	If true, do not break the text across lines.
notes	Notes	read	Every note.
numberingFont	Font, String, AutoEnum enumeration	r/w	The font applied to numbering.
numberingFontStyle	String, NothingEnum enumeration, AutoEnum enumeration	r/w	The font style applied to numbering.
numberingStyle	NumberingStyle enumeration, String	r/w	The numbering style.
numberSeparator	Short	r/w	The numbering separator character.
numberStartAt	Long	r/w	The starting number for a numbered list.
opentypeFeatures	Array of 2 Strings or Longs	r/w	OpenType features available in the applied font.
otfContextualAlternate	Boolean	r/w	If true, use contextual alternate forms in OpenType fonts.
otfDiscretionaryLigature	Boolean	r/w	If true, use discretionary ligatures in OpenType fonts.
otfFigureStyle	OTFFigureStyle enumeration	r/w	The figure style to use in OpenType fonts.
otfFraction	Boolean	r/w	If true, use fractions in OpenType fonts.
otfHistorical	Boolean	r/w	If true, use historical forms in OpenType fonts.
otfOrdinal	Boolean	r/w	If true, use ordinals in OpenType fonts.
otfSlashedZero	Boolean	r/w	If true, use a zero with slash in OpenType fonts.
otfStylisticSets	Long	r/w	Stylistic sets to use in OpenType fonts.
otfSwash	Boolean	r/w	If true, use swash forms in OpenType fonts.
otfTitling	Boolean	r/w	If true, use titling forms in OpenType fonts.
ovals	Ovals	read	All ovals contained by the object.
overprintFill	Boolean	r/w	If true, the fill of the object will overprint.
overprintStroke	Boolean	r/w	If true, the storke of the object will overprint.
pageItems	PageItems	read	The page items contained by the object.
paragraphs	Paragraphs	read	The paragraphs contained by the object.
parent	Object	read	The parent of the object.
parentStory	Story	read	The story containing the object.
parentTextFrames	TextFrame, TextPath	read	The text frame(s) containing the object.
pointSize	Unit	r/w	The point size of the text.
polygons	Polygons	read	The polygons contained by the object.
position	Position enumeration	r/w	The position (e.g., superscript or subscript) of the object.
properties	An array of property names and values	r/w	Property that allows setting of several properties at the same time.
rectangles	Rectangles	read	The rectangles contained by the object.
rightIndent	Unit	r/w	The right indent.
ruleAbove	Boolean	r/w	If true, apply a paragraph rule above.
ruleAboveColor	Swatch, String	r/w	The color of the paragraph rule above.
ruleAboveGapColor	Swatch, String	r/w	The color applied to the gap of the rule above.
ruleAboveGapOverprint	Boolean	r/w	If true, overprint the rule above gap color.
ruleAboveGapTint	Real	r/w	The tint applied to the rule above gap color (-1 represents 100%).
ruleAboveLeftIndent	Unit	r/w	The left indent of the rule above.
ruleAboveLineWeight	Real	r/w	The stroke weight of the rule above.
ruleAboveOffset	Unit	r/w	The oﬀset of the rule above from the baseline of the first line in the paragraph.
ruleAboveOverprint	Boolean	r/w	If true, overprint the rule above.
ruleAboveRightIndent	Unit	r/w	The right indent of the rule above.
ruleAboveTint	Real	r/w	The tint applied to the the rule above (-1 represents 100%).
ruleAboveType	StrokeStyle, String	r/w	The stroke style applied to the rule above.
ruleAboveWidth	RuleWidth enumeration	r/w	When this value is set to column width, the width of the rule above is based on the width of the column; when this value is set to text width, the width of the rule above is based on the width of the first line of text in the paragraph.
ruleBelow	Boolean	r/w	If true, apply a paragraph rule below.
ruleBelowColor	Swatch, String	r/w	The color of the paragraph below above.
ruleBelowGapColor	Swatch, String	r/w	The color applied to the gap of the rule below.
ruleBelowGapOverPrint	Boolean	r/w	If true, overprint the rule below gap color.
ruleBelowGapTint	Real	r/w	The tint applied to the rule below gap color (-1 represents 100%).
ruleBelowLeftIndent	Unit	r/w	The left indent of the rule below.
ruleBelowLineWeight	Real	r/w	The stroke weight of the rule below.
ruleBelowOffset	Unit	r/w	The oﬀset of the rule below from the baseline of the last line in the paragraph.
ruleBelowOverPrint	Boolean	r/w	If true, overprint the rule below.
ruleBelowRightIndent	Unit	r/w	The right indent of the rule below.
ruleBelowTint	Real	r/w	The tint applied to the the rule below (-1 represents 100%).
ruleBelowType	StrokeStyle, String	r/w	The stroke style applied to the rule below.
ruleBelowWidth	RuleWidth enumeration	r/w	When this value is set to column width, the width of the rule above is based on the width of the column; when this value is set to text width, the width of the rule above is based on the width of the first line of text in the paragraph.
singleWordJustification	SingleWordJustification enumeration	r/w	Alignment applied to lines containing a single word.
skew	Real	r/w	The angle of the skew for the text.
spaceAfter	Unit	r/w	Paragraph space after.
spaceBefore	Unit	r/w	Paragraph space before.
startParagraph	StartParagraph enumeration	r/w	When this property is set to anything other than start anywhere, apply a column or page break before the paragraph.
strikeThroughColor	Swatch, String	r/w	The color of the strikethrough.
strikeThroughGapColor	Swatch, String	r/w	The gap color of the strikethrough.
strikeThroughGapOverprint	Boolean	r/w	If true, overprint the gap of the strikethrough.
strikeThroughGapTint	Real	r/w	The tint percentage applied to the gap of the strikethrough (-1 represents 100%).
strikeThroughOffset	Unit	r/w	The oﬀset of the strikethrough from the baseline.
strikeThroughOverprint	Boolean	r/w	If true, overprint the strikethrough.
strikeThroughTint	Real	r/w	The tint percentage applied to stroke color of the strikethrough.
strikeThroughType	StrokeStyle, String	r/w	The stroke style of the strikethrough.
strikeThroughWeight	Unit	r/w	The stroke weight of the strikethrough.
strikeThru	Boolean	r/w	If true, apply a strikethrough to the text.
strokeColor	Swatch, String	r/w	The stroke color of the object.
strokeTint	Real	r/w	The tint percentage applied to the stroke (-1 indicates 100%).
strokeWeight	Unit	r/w	The stroke weight (thickness) of the stroke.
tables	Tables	read	The tables contained by the object.
tabList	An array of property names and values	r/w	A list of all of the properties of all of the tab stops on this object.
tabStops	TabStops	read	The tab stops applied to the object.
textColumns	TextColumns	read	The text columns contained by the object.
textFrames	TextFrames	read	The text frames contained by the object.
texts	Texts	read	The texts contained by the object.
textStyleRanges	TextStyleRanges	read	The text style ranges contained by the object.
tracking	Real	r/w	The tracking (range kerning) applied to the object.
underline	Boolean	r/w	If true, apply an underline to the text.
underlineColor	Swatch, String	r/w	The color of the underline.
underlineGapColor	Swatch, String	r/w	The gap color of the underline.
underlineGapOverprint	Boolean	r/w	If true, overprint the gap of the underline.
underlineGapTint	Real	r/w	The tint percentage applied to the gap of the underline (-1 represents 100%).
underlineOffset	Unit	r/w	The oﬀset of the underline from the baseline.
underlineOverprint	Boolean	r/w	If true, overprint the underline.
underlineTint	Real	r/w	The tint percentage applied to the underline (-1 represents 100%).
underlineType	StrokeStyle, String	r/w	The stroke style applied to the underline.
underlineWeight	Unit	r/w	The stroke weight of the underline.
verticalScale	Real	r/w	The vertical scaling percentage applied to the object, including the scaling applied to its containing object(s).
words	Words	read	The words contained by the object.

Character Methods

Method	Returns	Description
applyBullets	Nothing	Applies bullets to the text.
applyNumbers	Nothing	Apply numbering to the text.
applyStyle	Nothing	Applies a paragraph or character style.
changecase	Nothing	Changes the case of the text.
clearOverrides	Nothing	Clears local formatting overrides applied to the text.
convertBulletsAndNumberingToText	Nothing	Converts bullets and numbering to text.
convertToNote	Note	Converts the text to a note.
convertToTable	Table	Converts the text to a table.
createOutlines	Array of PageItems	Creates outlines from the text.
exportFile	Nothing	Export the object to file.
getElements	Array of Objects	Resolve the object specifier.
markup	Nothing	Mark up layout content with XML preserving the existing content.
move	Text	Moves the object.
place	PageItem, Graphic, Movie, Sound, Story or Text	Places a file.
recompose	Nothing	Recomposes the text in the object.
remove	Nothing	Delete the object.
removeBulletsAndNumbers	Nothing	Remove bullets and numbers.
search	Array of Texts	Searches for text and returns a list of text objects matching the search string and/or formatting specified by the find preferences. Search can also replace the text and/or formatting. This command corresponds to InDesign’s Find/Change feature.
select	Nothing	Selects the object.
toSource	String	Generate JavaScript source that, if executed, will return the specified objects.
toSpecifier	String	Retrieve the object specifier.

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