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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def _preformat_text(self, text, style='Normal', space=None, fontsize=12, alignment='left'):
 """Format the text for addition to a story list."""

        if space is None:
            space=(1,12)
        ptext = ('<para alignment=\"%s\"><font size=%d>%s</font></para>'
                 % (alignment, fontsize, text))
        para = Paragraph(ptext, self.styles[style])
        sp = Spacer(*space)
        return para, sp