Current paragraph formatting is represented by a ParagraphFormat object that is returned by the DocumentBuilder.ParagraphFormat property. This object encapsulates various paragraph formatting properties available in Microsoft Word.

You can easily reset the paragraph formatting to default to Normal style, left aligned, no indentation, no spacing, no borders and no shading by calling ParagraphFormat.ClearFormatting.

Example DocumentBuilderSetParagraphFormatting

Shows how to set paragraph formatting.

[C#]

 

Document doc = new Document();

DocumentBuilder builder = new DocumentBuilder(doc);

 

// Set paragraph formatting properties

ParagraphFormat paragraphFormat = builder.ParagraphFormat;

paragraphFormat.Alignment = ParagraphAlignment.Center;

paragraphFormat.LeftIndent = 50;

paragraphFormat.RightIndent = 50;

paragraphFormat.SpaceAfter = 25;

 

// Output text

builder.Writeln("I'm a very nice formatted paragraph. I'm intended to demonstrate how the left and right indents affect word wrapping.");

builder.Writeln("I'm another nice formatted paragraph. I'm intended to demonstrate how the space after paragraph looks like.");

 

 

[Visual Basic]

 

Dim doc As Document = New Document()

Dim builder As DocumentBuilder = New DocumentBuilder(doc)

 

' Set paragraph formatting properties

Dim paragraphFormat As ParagraphFormat = builder.ParagraphFormat

paragraphFormat.Alignment = ParagraphAlignment.Center

paragraphFormat.LeftIndent = 50

paragraphFormat.RightIndent = 50

paragraphFormat.SpaceAfter = 25

 

' Output text

builder.Writeln("I'm a very nice formatted paragraph. I'm intended to demonstrate how the left and right indents affect word wrapping.")

builder.Writeln("I'm another nice formatted paragraph. I'm intended to demonstrate how the space after paragraph looks like.")

 

 

[Java]

 

Document doc = new Document();

DocumentBuilder builder = new DocumentBuilder(doc);

 

// Set paragraph formatting properties

ParagraphFormat paragraphFormat = builder.getParagraphFormat();

paragraphFormat.setAlignment(ParagraphAlignment.CENTER);

paragraphFormat.setLeftIndent(50);

paragraphFormat.setRightIndent(50);

paragraphFormat.setSpaceAfter(25);

 

// Output text

builder.writeln("I'm a very nice formatted paragraph. I'm intended to demonstrate how the left and right indents affect word wrapping.");

builder.writeln("I'm another nice formatted paragraph. I'm intended to demonstrate how the space after paragraph looks like.");