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Property

# Paragraph.StartPos

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This item was deprecated in version 2019r2. Please use `Paragraph.StartPosition<paragraph.startposition>` as a replacement.

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## Description

The starting position of the paragraph.

## Sample code

Bold the first character of the paragraph:

``` xojo
TextArea1.StyledText.Text = "Hello, World!"

' Bold the first character
Dim first As Integer = TextArea1.StyledText.Paragraph(1).StartPos
TextArea1.StyledText.Bold(first, 1) = True
```

## Compatibility

All project types on all supported operating systems.