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# default

The default paragraph style.

```
@NSCopying class var `default`: NSParagraphStyle { get }
```

## Discussion

The default paragraph style has the following default values:

|Subattribute   |Default                                      |
|---------------|---------------------------------------------|
|Alignment      |`NSNaturalTextAlignment`                     |
|Tab stops      |12 left-aligned tabs, spaced by `28.0` points|
|Line break mode|`NSLineBreakByWordWrapping`                  |
|All others     |`0.0`                                        |

See individual method descriptions for explanations of each subattribute.

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