diff --git a/tools/native/paragraph-formatting.ps1 b/tools/native/paragraph-formatting.ps1
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+param([Parameter(Mandatory=$true)][string]$Root, [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)][string]$CloneHost)
+Set-StrictMode -Version Latest
+$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'
+& "$PSScriptRoot\cold-current.ps1" -Root $Root -CloneHost $CloneHost
+$app = New-Object -ComObject OneNote.Application
+$notebook = ''
+try {
+    $app.OpenHierarchy((Join-Path $Root 'notebook'), '', [ref]$notebook, 0)
+    $section = ''
+    $app.OpenHierarchy('synthetic.one', $notebook, [ref]$section, 0)
+    $page = ''
+    $app.CreateNewPage($section, [ref]$page, 0)
+    $cases = @(
+        @{ name = 'Default'; attributes = '' },
+        @{ name = 'Explicit zero'; attributes = ' alignment="left" RTL="false" spaceBefore="0" spaceAfter="0" spaceBetween="0"' },
+        @{ name = 'Center spaced'; attributes = ' alignment="center" spaceBefore="12" spaceAfter="6" spaceBetween="20"' },
+        @{ name = 'Right RTL'; attributes = ' alignment="right" RTL="true" spaceBefore="3" spaceAfter="9" spaceBetween="18"' },
+        @{ name = 'Style inherited'; attributes = ' quickStyleIndex="1"' },
+        @{ name = 'Style overridden'; attributes = ' quickStyleIndex="1" alignment="center" spaceBefore="0" spaceAfter="2" spaceBetween="16"' }
+    )
+    $body = '<one:QuickStyleDef index="0" name="p" font="Calibri" fontSize="11" fontColor="automatic" highlightColor="automatic"/><one:QuickStyleDef index="1" name="h1" font="Georgia" fontSize="18" bold="true" fontColor="#123456" highlightColor="automatic" spaceBefore="8" spaceAfter="4"/>'
+    $body += '<one:Title><one:OE><one:T>Paragraph formatting</one:T></one:OE></one:Title><one:Outline><one:Position x="72" y="108"/><one:OEChildren>'
+    foreach ($case in $cases) {
+        $body += '<one:OE' + $case.attributes + '><one:T><![CDATA[' + $case.name + ': <b>bold</b> <i>italic</i> plain]]></one:T></one:OE>'
+    }
+    $body += '</one:OEChildren></one:Outline>'
+    $xml = '<one:Page xmlns:one="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/onenote/2010/onenote" ID="' + $page + '">' + $body + '</one:Page>'
+    $inputs = Join-Path $Root 'inputs'
+    New-Item -ItemType Directory -Path $inputs | Out-Null
+    [IO.File]::WriteAllText((Join-Path $inputs 'paragraph-formatting.xml'), $xml, [Text.Encoding]::UTF8)
+    $app.UpdatePageContent($xml, [DateTime]::MinValue, 1, $true)
+    $app.SyncHierarchy($notebook)
+} finally {
+    if ($notebook) { $app.CloseNotebook($notebook, $false) }
+    [void][Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal]::FinalReleaseComObject($app)
+    $app = $null
+    [GC]::Collect()
+    [GC]::WaitForPendingFinalizers()
+}