{"id":218,"date":"2020-05-18T00:00:36","date_gmt":"2020-05-18T00:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.ucomm.ncsu.edu\/documentation\/?page_id=218"},"modified":"2023-09-27T12:38:23","modified_gmt":"2023-09-27T16:38:23","slug":"paragraph-block","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dev.ucomm.ncsu.edu\/documentation\/products\/nc-state-web-platform\/blocks\/paragraph-block\/","title":{"rendered":"Paragraph Block"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">There isn&#8217;t much to a paragraph block, but it plays an important role nonetheless within your web pages. The bulk of your content will be within paragraph blocks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Basic formatting options are available. Those options include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Bolding<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Italicizing<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hyperlinking<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Adding superscripts and subscripts<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The text can also be left, center, and right aligned; however, the default of left alignment should almost always be used.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Functionality Found Elsewhere<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Several types of formatting that would normally fit within a paragraph are actually separate blocks within Gutenberg. Those additional blocks include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/dev.ucomm.ncsu.edu\/documentation\/products\/nc-state-web-platform\/blocks\/list-block\/\">Lists <\/a>(bulleted and numbered)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/dev.ucomm.ncsu.edu\/documentation\/products\/nc-state-web-platform\/blocks\/heading-block\/\">Headings<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/dev.ucomm.ncsu.edu\/documentation\/products\/nc-state-web-platform\/blocks\/image-block\/\">Images<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>There are also additional block types that can supplement content within paragraphs. Those include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/dev.ucomm.ncsu.edu\/documentation\/products\/nc-state-web-platform\/blocks\/accordion-block\/\">Buttons<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/dev.ucomm.ncsu.edu\/documentation\/products\/nc-state-web-platform\/blocks\/link-list-block\/\">Link Lists<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/dev.ucomm.ncsu.edu\/documentation\/products\/nc-state-web-platform\/blocks\/accordion-block\/\">Accordions<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Additional Functionality<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Paragraph block also supports immediate YouTube video embeds by simply pasting in the URL of a YouTube video.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ncst-buttons\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-ncst-button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/documentation\/article\/youtube-embed\/\" class=\"btn ncst-block__button-link\" data-ncst-lightbox=\"false\" data-ua-cat=\"Button Block\" data-ua-action=\"Button Click\" data-ua-label=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/documentation\/article\/youtube-embed\/\"><span class=\"text\">Learn more YouTube embeds<\/span><span class=\"arrow-indicator\"><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Need help?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Have questions? 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