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# attributedText

A string of attributed text.

```
@NSCopying var attributedText: NSAttributedString? { get set }
```

## Discussion

You cannot change the value of this property once drawing begins for a print job. The delegate method [`printInteractionControllerWillStartJob(_:)`](/documentation/UIKit/UIPrintInteractionControllerDelegate/printInteractionControllerWillStartJob(_:)) is called immediately before the formatting is set for the job.

Assigning a value to this property also replaces the value in the [`text`](/documentation/UIKit/UISimpleTextPrintFormatter/text) property with the same string data, albeit without any formatting information.

## See Also

[`-  initWithAttributedText:`](/documentation/UIKit/UISimpleTextPrintFormatter/init(attributedText:))

Returns a simple-text print formatter initialized with attributed text.


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