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# baseWritingDirection

The base writing direction for the paragraph.

```
var baseWritingDirection: NSWritingDirection { get }
```

## Discussion

If you the value of this property is [`NSWritingDirection.natural`](/documentation/AppKit/NSWritingDirection/natural), the receiver resolves the writing direction to either [`NSWritingDirection.leftToRight`](/documentation/AppKit/NSWritingDirection/leftToRight) or [`NSWritingDirection.rightToLeft`](/documentation/AppKit/NSWritingDirection/rightToLeft), depending on the direction for the user’s language preference setting.

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