Class Paragraph

Creates and inserts a new PositionedImage from the specified image blob.

// Opens the Docs file by its ID. If you created your script from within
// a Google Docs file, you can use DocumentApp.getActiveDocument() instead.
// TODO(developer): Replace the ID with your own.
const doc = DocumentApp.openById(DOCUMENT_ID);

// Gets the body contents of the tab by its ID.
// TODO(developer): Replace the ID with your own.
const body = doc.getTab(TAB_ID).asDocumentTab().getBody();

// Gets the first paragraph from the body.
const paragraph = body.getParagraphs()[0];

// Fetches the specified image URL.
const image =
  UrlFetchApp.fetch('https://fonts.gstatic.com/s/i/productlogos/apps_script/v10/web-24dp/logo_apps_script_color_1x_web_24dp.png');

// Adds the image to the tab, anchored to the first paragraph.
paragraph.addPositionedImage(image);

Parameters

Return

PositionedImage — The new positioned image.

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents.currentonly
• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents

Creates and appends a new HorizontalRule.

// Opens the Docs file by its ID. If you created your script from within
// a Google Docs file, you can use DocumentApp.getActiveDocument() instead.
// TODO(developer): Replace the ID with your own.
const doc = DocumentApp.openById(DOCUMENT_ID);

// Gets the body contents of the tab by its ID.
// TODO(developer): Replace the ID with your own.
const body = doc.getTab(TAB_ID).asDocumentTab().getBody();

// Gets the first paragraph from the body.
const paragraph = body.getParagraphs()[0];

// Adds a horizontal line under the first paragraph.
paragraph.appendHorizontalRule();

Return

HorizontalRule — The new horizontal rule.

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents.currentonly
• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents

Creates and appends a new InlineImage from the specified image blob.

// Opens the Docs file by its ID. If you created your script from within
// a Google Docs file, you can use DocumentApp.getActiveDocument() instead.
// TODO(developer): Replace the ID with your own.
const doc = DocumentApp.openById(DOCUMENT_ID);

// Gets the body contents of the tab by its ID.
// TODO(developer): Replace the ID with your own.
const body = doc.getTab(TAB_ID).asDocumentTab().getBody();

// Gets the first paragraph from the body.
const paragraph = body.getParagraphs()[0];

// Fetches the image from the specified image URL.
const image = UrlFetchApp
  .fetch('https://fonts.gstatic.com/s/i/productlogos/apps_script/v10/web-96dp/logo_apps_script_color_1x_web_96dp.png');

// Adds the image to the first paragraph.
paragraph.appendInlineImage(image);

Parameters

Return

InlineImage — The appended image.

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents.currentonly
• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents

Appends the given InlineImage.

// Opens the Docs file by its ID. If you created your script from within
// a Google Docs file, you can use DocumentApp.getActiveDocument() instead.
// TODO(developer): Replace the ID with your own.
const doc = DocumentApp.openById(DOCUMENT_ID);

// Gets the body contents of the tab by its ID.
// TODO(developer): Replace the ID with your own.
const body = doc.getTab(TAB_ID).asDocumentTab().getBody();

// Gets the first paragraph from the body.
const paragraph = body.getParagraphs()[0];

// Makes a copy of the first image in the body.
const image = body.getImages()[0].copy();;

// Adds the image to the first paragraph.
paragraph.appendInlineImage(image);

Parameters

Return

InlineImage — The appended image.

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents.currentonly
• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents

Creates and appends a new PageBreak.

Note: PageBreaks may not be contained within TableCells. If the current element is contained in a table cell, an exception will be thrown.

// Opens the Docs file by its ID. If you created your script from within
// a Google Docs file, you can use DocumentApp.getActiveDocument() instead.
// TODO(developer): Replace the ID with your own.
const doc = DocumentApp.openById(DOCUMENT_ID);

// Gets the body contents of the tab by its ID.
// TODO(developer): Replace the ID with your own.
const body = doc.getTab(TAB_ID).asDocumentTab().getBody();

// Gets the first paragraph from the body.
const paragraph = body.getParagraphs()[0];

// Adds a page break after the first paragraph.
paragraph.appendPageBreak();

Return

PageBreak — The new page break element.

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents.currentonly
• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents

Appends the given PageBreak.

Note: PageBreaks can't be contained within TableCells. If the current element exists in a table cell, the script throws an exception.

// Opens the Docs file by its ID. If you created your script from within
// a Google Docs file, you can use DocumentApp.getActiveDocument() instead.
// TODO(developer): Replace the ID with your own.
const doc = DocumentApp.openById(DOCUMENT_ID);

// Gets the body contents of the tab by its ID.
// TODO(developer): Replace the ID with your own.
const body = doc.getTab(TAB_ID).asDocumentTab().getBody();

// Gets the first paragraph from the body.
const paragraph = body.getParagraphs()[0];

// Adds a page break after the first paragraph.
const pageBreak = paragraph.appendPageBreak();

// Makes a copy of the page break.
const newPageBreak = pageBreak.copy();

// Adds the copied page break to the paragraph.
paragraph.appendPageBreak(newPageBreak);

Parameters

Return

PageBreak — The appended page break element.

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents.currentonly
• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents

Creates and appends a new Text element with the specified contents.

// Opens the Docs file by its ID. If you created your script from within
// a Google Docs file, you can use DocumentApp.getActiveDocument() instead.
// TODO(developer): Replace the ID with your own.
const doc = DocumentApp.openById(DOCUMENT_ID);

// Gets the body contents of the tab by its ID.
// TODO(developer): Replace the ID with your own.
const body = doc.getTab(TAB_ID).asDocumentTab().getBody();

// Gets the first paragraph from the body.
const paragraph = body.getParagraphs()[0];

// Adds a string to the paragraph.
paragraph.appendText('This is a new sentence.');

Parameters

Return

Text — The new text element.

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents.currentonly
• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents

Appends the given Text element.

 // Opens the Docs file by its ID. If you created your script from within
// a Google Docs file, you can use DocumentApp.getActiveDocument() instead.
// TODO(developer): Replace the ID with your own.
const doc = DocumentApp.openById(DOCUMENT_ID);

// Gets the body contents of the tab by its ID.
// TODO(developer): Replace the ID with your own.
const body = doc.getTab(TAB_ID).asDocumentTab().getBody();

// Gets the text from the first paragraph in the body.
const paragraph1 = body.getParagraphs()[0];
const text = paragraph1.getText();

// Gets the third paragraph in the body.
const paragraph3 = body.getParagraphs()[2];

// Adds the text from the first paragraph to the third paragraph.
paragraph3.appendText(text);

Parameters

Return

Text — The appended text element.

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents.currentonly
• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents

Clears the contents of the element.

Return

Paragraph — The current element.

Returns a detached, deep copy of the current element.

Any child elements present in the element are also copied. The new element doesn't have a parent.

Return

Paragraph — The new copy.

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents.currentonly
• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents

Obtains a Text version of the current element, for editing.

Use editAsText for manipulating the elements contents as rich text. The editAsText mode ignores non-text elements (such as InlineImage and HorizontalRule).

Child elements fully contained within a deleted text range are removed from the element.

var body = DocumentApp.getActiveDocument().getActiveTab().asDocumentTab().getBody();

// Insert two paragraphs separated by a paragraph containing an
// horizontal rule.
body.insertParagraph(0, "An editAsText sample.");
body.insertHorizontalRule(0);
body.insertParagraph(0, "An example.");

// Delete " sample.\n\n An" removing the horizontal rule in the process.
body.editAsText().deleteText(14, 25);

Return

Text — a text version of the current element

Searches the contents of the element for a descendant of the specified type.

Parameters

Return

RangeElement — A search result indicating the position of the search element.

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents.currentonly
• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents

Searches the contents of the element for a descendant of the specified type, starting from the specified RangeElement.

var body = DocumentApp.getActiveDocument().getActiveTab().asDocumentTab().getBody();

// Define the search parameters.
var searchType = DocumentApp.ElementType.PARAGRAPH;
var searchHeading = DocumentApp.ParagraphHeading.HEADING1;
var searchResult = null;

// Search until the paragraph is found.
while (searchResult = body.findElement(searchType, searchResult)) {
  var par = searchResult.getElement().asParagraph();
  if (par.getHeading() == searchHeading) {
    // Found one, update and stop.
    par.setText('This is the first header.');
    return;
  }
}

Parameters

Return

RangeElement — A search result indicating the next position of the search element.

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents.currentonly
• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents

Searches the contents of the element for the specified text pattern using regular expressions.

A subset of the JavaScript regular expression features are not fully supported, such as capture groups and mode modifiers.

The provided regular expression pattern is independently matched against each text block contained in the current element.

Parameters

Return

RangeElement — a search result indicating the position of the search text, or null if there is no match

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents.currentonly
• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents

Searches the contents of the element for the specified text pattern, starting from a given search result.

A subset of the JavaScript regular expression features are not fully supported, such as capture groups and mode modifiers.

The provided regular expression pattern is independently matched against each text block contained in the current element.

Parameters

Return

RangeElement — a search result indicating the next position of the search text, or null if there is no match

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents.currentonly
• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents

Retrieves the HorizontalAlignment.

// Opens the Docs file by its ID. If you created your script from within
// a Google Docs file, you can use DocumentApp.getActiveDocument() instead.
// TODO(developer): Replace the ID with your own.
const doc = DocumentApp.openById(DOCUMENT_ID);

// Gets the body contents of the tab by its ID.
// TODO(developer): Replace the ID with your own.
const body = doc.getTab(TAB_ID).asDocumentTab().getBody();

// Gets the first paragraph from the body.
const paragraph = body.getParagraphs()[0];

// Sets the horizontal alignment to left for the first paragraph.
paragraph.setAlignment(DocumentApp.HorizontalAlignment.LEFT);

// Gets the horizontal alignment of the first paragraph and logs it to the console.
console.log(paragraph.getAlignment().toString());

Return

HorizontalAlignment — The alignment.

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents.currentonly
• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents

Retrieves the element's attributes.

The result is an object containing a property for each valid element attribute where each property name corresponds to an item in the DocumentApp.Attribute enumeration.

var doc = DocumentApp.getActiveDocument();
var documentTab = doc.getActiveTab().asDocumentTab();
var body = documentTab.getBody();

// Append a styled paragraph.
var par = body.appendParagraph('A bold, italicized paragraph.');
par.setBold(true);
par.setItalic(true);

// Retrieve the paragraph's attributes.
var atts = par.getAttributes();

// Log the paragraph attributes.
for (var att in atts) {
  Logger.log(att + ":" + atts[att]);
}

Return

Object — The element's attributes.

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents.currentonly
• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents

Retrieves the child element at the specified child index.

var body = DocumentApp.getActiveDocument().getActiveTab().asDocumentTab().getBody();

// Obtain the first element in the tab.
var firstChild = body.getChild(0);

// If it's a paragraph, set its contents.
if (firstChild.getType() == DocumentApp.ElementType.PARAGRAPH) {
  firstChild.asParagraph().setText("This is the first paragraph.");
}

Parameters

Return

Element — The child element at the specified index.

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents.currentonly
• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents

Retrieves the child index for the specified child element.

Parameters

Return

Integer — The child index.

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents.currentonly
• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents

Retrieves the ParagraphHeading.

// Opens the Docs file by its ID. If you created your script from within
// a Google Docs file, you can use DocumentApp.getActiveDocument() instead.
// TODO(developer): Replace the ID with your own.
const doc = DocumentApp.openById(DOCUMENT_ID);

// Gets the body contents of the tab by its ID.
// TODO(developer): Replace the ID with your own.
const body = doc.getTab(TAB_ID).asDocumentTab().getBody();

// Adds a paragraph to the body.
const paragraph = body.appendParagraph('Title heading');

// Sets the paragraph heading style to 'Title.'
paragraph.setHeading(DocumentApp.ParagraphHeading.TITLE);

// Gets the heading style and logs it to the console.
console.log(paragraph.getHeading().toString());

Return

ParagraphHeading — The heading.

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents.currentonly
• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents

Retrieves the end indentation, in points.

Return

Number — the end indentation, in points

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents.currentonly
• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents

Retrieves the first line indentation, in points.

Return

Number — the first line indentation, in points

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents.currentonly
• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents

Retrieves the start indentation.

Return

Number — the start indentation

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents.currentonly
• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents

Retrieves the line spacing, in points.

Return

Number — the line spacing, in points

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents.currentonly
• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents

Retrieves the link url.

Return

String — the link url, or null if the element contains multiple values for this attribute

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents.currentonly
• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents

Retrieves the element's next sibling element.

The next sibling has the same parent and follows the current element.

Return

Element — The next sibling element.

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents.currentonly
• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents

Retrieves the number of children.

var body = DocumentApp.getActiveDocument().getActiveTab().asDocumentTab().getBody();

// Log the number of elements in the tab.
Logger.log("There are " + body.getNumChildren() +
    " elements in the tab's body.");

Return

Integer — The number of children.

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents.currentonly
• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents

Retrieves the element's parent element.

The parent element contains the current element.

Return

ContainerElement — The parent element.

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents.currentonly
• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents

Gets a PositionedImage by the image's ID.

Parameters

Return

PositionedImage — the positioned image

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents.currentonly
• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents

Gets all PositionedImage objects anchored to the paragraph.

Return

PositionedImage[] — a list of positioned images

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents.currentonly
• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents

Retrieves the element's previous sibling element.

The previous sibling has the same parent and precedes the current element.

Return

Element — The previous sibling element.

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents.currentonly
• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents

Retrieves the spacing after the element, in points.

Return

Number — the spacing after the element, in points

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents.currentonly
• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents

Retrieves the spacing before the element, in points.

Return

Number — the spacing before the element, in points

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents.currentonly
• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents

Retrieves the contents of the element as a text string.

Return

String — the contents of the element as text string

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents.currentonly
• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents

Gets the text alignment. The available types of alignment are DocumentApp.TextAlignment.NORMAL, DocumentApp.TextAlignment.SUBSCRIPT, and DocumentApp.TextAlignment.SUPERSCRIPT.

Return

TextAlignment — the type of text alignment, or null if the text contains multiple types of text alignments or if the text alignment has never been set

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents.currentonly
• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents

Retrieves the element's ElementType.

Use getType() to determine the exact type of a given element.

var doc = DocumentApp.getActiveDocument();
var documentTab = doc.getActiveTab().asDocumentTab();
var body = documentTab.getBody();

// Obtain the first element in the active tab's body.

var firstChild = body.getChild(0);

// Use getType() to determine the element's type.
if (firstChild.getType() == DocumentApp.ElementType.PARAGRAPH) {
  Logger.log('The first element is a paragraph.');
} else {
  Logger.log('The first element is not a paragraph.');
}

Return

ElementType — The element type.

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents.currentonly
• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents

Creates and inserts a HorizontalRule at the specified index.

Parameters

Return

HorizontalRule — the new horizontal rule element

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents.currentonly
• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents

Creates and inserts a new InlineImage from the specified image blob, at the specified index.

Parameters

Return

InlineImage — the inserted inline image element

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents.currentonly
• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents

Inserts the given InlineImage at the specified index.

Parameters

Return

InlineImage — the inserted inline image element

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents.currentonly
• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents

Creates and inserts a new PageBreak at the specified index.

Note: PageBreaks may not be contained within TableCells. If the current element is contained in a table cell, an exception will be thrown.

Parameters

Return

PageBreak — the new page break element

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents.currentonly
• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents

Inserts the given PageBreak at the specified index.

Note: PageBreaks may not be contained within TableCells. If the current element is contained in a table cell, an exception will be thrown.

Parameters

Return

PageBreak — the inserted page break element

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents.currentonly
• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents

Creates and inserts a new text element at the specified index.

Parameters

Return

Text — the new text element

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents.currentonly
• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents

Inserts the given Text element at the specified index, with the specified text contents.

Parameters

Return

Text — the inserted text element

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents.currentonly
• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents

Determines whether the element is at the end of the Document.

Return

Boolean — Whether the element is at the end of the tab.

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents.currentonly
• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents

Retrieves the left-to-right setting.

Return

Boolean — the left-to-right setting

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents.currentonly
• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents

Merges the element with the preceding sibling of the same type.

Only elements of the same ElementType can be merged. Any child elements contained in the current element are moved to the preceding sibling element.

The current element is removed from the document.

var doc = DocumentApp.getActiveDocument();
var documentTab = doc.getActiveTab().asDocumentTab();
var body = documentTab.getBody();

// Example 1: Merge paragraphs
// Append two paragraphs to the document's active tab.
var par1 = body.appendParagraph('Paragraph 1.');
var par2 = body.appendParagraph('Paragraph 2.');
// Merge the newly added paragraphs into a single paragraph.
par2.merge();

// Example 2: Merge table cells
// Create a two-dimensional array containing the table's cell contents.
var cells = [
['Row 1, Cell 1', 'Row 1, Cell 2'],
['Row 2, Cell 1', 'Row 2, Cell 2']
];
// Build a table from the array.
var table = body.appendTable(cells);
// Get the first row in the table.
 var row = table.getRow(0);
// Get the two cells in this row.
var cell1 = row.getCell(0);
var cell2 = row.getCell(1);
// Merge the current cell into its preceding sibling element.
var merged = cell2.merge();

Return

Paragraph — The merged element.

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents.currentonly
• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents

Removes the specified child element.

Parameters

Return

Paragraph — the current element

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents.currentonly
• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents

Removes the element from its parent.

var doc = DocumentApp.getActiveDocument();
var documentTab = doc.getActiveTab().asDocumentTab()
var body = documentTab.getBody();

// Remove all images in the active tab's body.
var imgs = body.getImages();
for (var i = 0; i < imgs.length; i++) {
  imgs[i].removeFromParent();
}

Return

Paragraph — The removed element.

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents.currentonly
• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents

Removes a PositionedImage by the image's ID.

Parameters

Return

Boolean — whether or not the specified image was removed

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents.currentonly
• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents

Replaces all occurrences of a given text pattern with a given replacement string, using regular expressions.

The search pattern is passed as a string, not a JavaScript regular expression object. Because of this you'll need to escape any backslashes in the pattern.

This methods uses Google's RE2 regular expression library, which limits the supported syntax.

The provided regular expression pattern is independently matched against each text block contained in the current element.

var body = DocumentApp.getActiveDocument().getActiveTab().asDocumentTab().getBody();

// Clear the text surrounding "Apps Script", with or without text.
body.replaceText("^.*Apps ?Script.*$", "Apps Script");

Parameters

Return

Element — the current element

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents.currentonly
• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents

Sets the HorizontalAlignment.

Parameters

Return

Paragraph — the current element

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents.currentonly
• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents

Sets the element's attributes.

The specified attributes parameter must be an object where each property name is an item in the DocumentApp.Attribute enumeration and each property value is the new value to be applied.

var doc = DocumentApp.getActiveDocument();
var documentTab = doc.getActiveTab().asDocumentTab();
var body = documentTab.getBody();

// Define a custom paragraph style.
var style = {};
style[DocumentApp.Attribute.HORIZONTAL_ALIGNMENT] =
    DocumentApp.HorizontalAlignment.RIGHT;
style[DocumentApp.Attribute.FONT_FAMILY] = 'Calibri';
style[DocumentApp.Attribute.FONT_SIZE] = 18;
style[DocumentApp.Attribute.BOLD] = true;

// Append a plain paragraph.
var par = body.appendParagraph('A paragraph with custom style.');

// Apply the custom style.
par.setAttributes(style);

Parameters

Return

Paragraph — The current element.

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents.currentonly
• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents

Sets the ParagraphHeading.

Parameters

Return

Paragraph — the current element

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents.currentonly
• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents

Sets the end indentation, in points.

Parameters

Return

Paragraph — the current element

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents.currentonly
• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents

Sets the first line indentation, in points.

Parameters

Return

Paragraph — the current element

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents.currentonly
• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents

Sets the start indentation, in points.

Parameters

Return

Paragraph — the current element

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents.currentonly
• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents

Sets the left-to-right setting.

Parameters

Return

Paragraph — the current element

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents.currentonly
• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents

Sets the line spacing, as a quantity indicating the number of lines to use for spacing.

Parameters

Return

Paragraph — the current element

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents.currentonly
• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents

Sets the link url.

Parameters

Return

Paragraph — the current element

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents.currentonly
• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents

Sets the spacing after the element, in points.

Parameters

Return

Paragraph — the current element

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents.currentonly
• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents

Sets the spacing before the element, in points.

Parameters

Return

Paragraph — the current element

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents.currentonly
• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents

Sets the contents of the paragraph as text.

Note: existing contents are cleared.

Parameters

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents.currentonly
• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents

Sets the text alignment. The available types of alignment are DocumentApp.TextAlignment.NORMAL, DocumentApp.TextAlignment.SUBSCRIPT, and DocumentApp.TextAlignment.SUPERSCRIPT.

// Make the entire first paragraph in the active tab be superscript.
var documentTab = DocumentApp.getActiveDocument().getActiveTab().asDocumentTab();
var text = documentTab.getBody().getParagraphs()[0].editAsText();
text.setTextAlignment(DocumentApp.TextAlignment.SUPERSCRIPT);

Parameters

Return

Paragraph — the current element

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents.currentonly
• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents