Text indent

The following example shows how to set first-line text indent and left margin for a paragraph.

import com.independentsoft.office.odf.Paragraph;
import com.independentsoft.office.odf.Size;
import com.independentsoft.office.odf.TextDocument;
import com.independentsoft.office.odf.Unit;
import com.independentsoft.office.odf.styles.ParagraphStyle;

public class Example {

    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
        try
        {
            TextDocument doc = new TextDocument();

            ParagraphStyle style1 = new ParagraphStyle("P1");
            style1.getParagraphProperties().setTextIndent(new Size(10, Unit.MILLIMETER));
            doc.getAutomaticStyles().getStyles().add(style1);

            ParagraphStyle style2 = new ParagraphStyle("P2");
            style2.getParagraphProperties().setLeftMargin(new Size(20, Unit.MILLIMETER));
            doc.getAutomaticStyles().getStyles().add(style2);

            Paragraph p1 = new Paragraph();
            p1.setStyle("P1");
            p1.add("This paragraph has a 10mm first-line indent.");
            doc.getBody().add(p1);

            Paragraph p2 = new Paragraph();
            p2.setStyle("P2");
            p2.add("This paragraph has a 20mm left margin.");
            doc.getBody().add(p2);

            doc.save("c:\\test\\output.odt", true);
        }
        catch (Exception e)
        {
            System.out.println(e.getMessage());
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }
}

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