Paragraph borders

The following example shows you how to add borders to a paragraph.
import com.independentsoft.office.word.BottomBorder;
import com.independentsoft.office.word.Color;
import com.independentsoft.office.word.LeftBorder;
import com.independentsoft.office.word.Paragraph;
import com.independentsoft.office.word.RightBorder;
import com.independentsoft.office.word.Run;
import com.independentsoft.office.word.StandardBorderStyle;
import com.independentsoft.office.word.TopBorder;
import com.independentsoft.office.word.WordDocument;

public class Example {

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

            // Create paragraph with borders
            Run run = new Run();
            run.addText("This paragraph has borders on all sides.");

            Paragraph paragraph = new Paragraph();
            paragraph.add(run);

            // Create borders
            Color borderColor = new Color("#000000");
            int borderWidth = 4; // size in eighths of a point

            TopBorder topBorder = new TopBorder();
            topBorder.setStyle(StandardBorderStyle.SINGLE_LINE);
            topBorder.setColor(borderColor);
            topBorder.setWidth(borderWidth);

            BottomBorder bottomBorder = new BottomBorder();
            bottomBorder.setStyle(StandardBorderStyle.SINGLE_LINE);
            bottomBorder.setColor(borderColor);
            bottomBorder.setWidth(borderWidth);

            LeftBorder leftBorder = new LeftBorder();
            leftBorder.setStyle(StandardBorderStyle.SINGLE_LINE);
            leftBorder.setColor(borderColor);
            leftBorder.setWidth(borderWidth);

            RightBorder rightBorder = new RightBorder();
            rightBorder.setStyle(StandardBorderStyle.SINGLE_LINE);
            rightBorder.setColor(borderColor);
            rightBorder.setWidth(borderWidth);

            paragraph.setTopBorder(topBorder);
            paragraph.setBottomBorder(bottomBorder);
            paragraph.setLeftBorder(leftBorder);
            paragraph.setRightBorder(rightBorder);

            // Create paragraph with bottom border only (horizontal line effect)
            Run run2 = new Run();
            run2.addText("This paragraph has only a bottom border.");

            Paragraph paragraph2 = new Paragraph();
            paragraph2.add(run2);

            BottomBorder bottomOnly = new BottomBorder();
            bottomOnly.setStyle(StandardBorderStyle.SINGLE_LINE);
            bottomOnly.setColor(new Color("#0000FF"));
            bottomOnly.setWidth(8);
            paragraph2.setBottomBorder(bottomOnly);

            doc.getBody().add(paragraph);
            doc.getBody().add(paragraph2);

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