createParagraphStyle

Option	Type	Description
bold	String	Bold text: 'on' or 'off'.
border	String	Hexadecimal color value: "FF0000", "000000"...
caps	Boolean	Display text in capital letters.
color	String	Hexadecimal color value: "FF0000", "000000"...
contextualSpacing	String	Ignore spacing above and below when using identical styles: 'on' or 'off' (default).
doubleStrikeThrough	Boolean	If true displays text in doubleStrikeThrough.
em	String	Emphasis mark type: "none", "dot", "circle", "comma", "underDot".
font	String	Font family: "Arial", "Calibri"...
fontSize	Integer	Text size in points: 8, 9, 10...
hanging	Integer	Paragraph hanging in twentieths of a point (twips).
italic	Boolean	Italics.
indentLeft	Integer	Left margin in twips (twentieths of a point).
indentRight	Integer	Right margin in twips (twentieths of a point).
indentFirstLine	Integer	Extra indent for the first line of the paragraph.
textAlign	String	Text alignment. Possible values are: "center", "right", "both", "distribute".
keepLines	Boolean	Keeps (whenever possible) all the current paragraph lines on the same page.
keepNext	Boolean	Keeps (whenever possible) in the same page the current paragraph with next paragraph.
lineSpacing	Integer	Separation between lines: 240 (single spacing), 480 (double spacing) and so long so forth.
outlineLvl	Integer	Heading level (1-9).
pageBreakBefore	Boolean	Forces a page break before the paragraph.
pStyle	String	Id of the style this paragraph style is based on.
spacingBottom	Integer	Bottom padding in twentieths of a point.
scaling	Integer	Scaling value, 100 is the default value.
smallCaps	Boolean	Displays text in small capital letters.
spacingTop	Integer	Top padding in twentieths of a point.
strikeThrough	Boolean	If true displays text in strikethrough.
tabPositions	ArrayList<HashMap<String, String>>	"type" can be clear, left (default), center, right, decimal, bar and num. "leader" can be none (default), dot, hyphen, underscore, heavy and middleDot. "position" given in twentieths of a point.
textDirection	String	Text flow: lrTb, tbRl, btLr, lrTbV, tbRlV, tbLrV.
underline	String	Underlines text. Possible values are: "single", "words", "double", "dotted", "dash" and "wave".
vanish	Boolean	Uses a vanish style.
widowControl	Boolean	Prevents Word from printing the last line of a paragraph by itself at the top of the page (widow) or the first line of a paragraph at the bottom of a page (orphan).
wordWrap	Boolean	Allows line breaking at character level.

Code samples

Example #1

package examples.LayoutAndGeneral.createParagraphStyle;

import com.javadocx.CreateDocx;
import com.javadocx.elements.*;

public class Sample1 {
    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
        CreateDocx docx = new CreateDocx();
        
        OptionsParagraphStyle paragraphStyleOptions = new OptionsParagraphStyle();
        paragraphStyleOptions.setColor("999999")
                             .setBorder("single")
                             .setBorderLeft("double")
                             .setBorderColor("990000")
                             .setBorderRightColor("000099")
                             .setBorderWidth(12)
                             .setBorderTopWidth(24)
                             .setIndentLeft(920);
        
        docx.createParagraphStyle("myStyle", paragraphStyleOptions);
        
        OptionsParagraph paragraphOptions = new OptionsParagraph();
        paragraphOptions.setpStyle("myStyle");
        
        String text = "A paragraph in grey color with borders. All borders are red but the right one that is blue. The general border style is single but the left border that is double. The top border is also thicker. We also include big left indentation.";
        
        docx.addText(text, paragraphOptions);
        
        docx.createDocx("example_createParagraphStyle_1");
    }
}

The resulting Word document looks like:

Example #2

package examples.LayoutAndGeneral.createParagraphStyle;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.HashMap;

import com.javadocx.CreateDocx;
import com.javadocx.WordFragment;
import com.javadocx.elements.*;

public class Sample2 {
    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
        CreateDocx docx = new CreateDocx();
        
        HashMap<String, String> tabPosition1 = new HashMap<String, String>();
        tabPosition1.put("type", "clear");
        tabPosition1.put("position", "1600");
        HashMap<String, String> tabPosition2 = new HashMap<String, String>();
        tabPosition2.put("type", "clear");
        tabPosition2.put("leader", "dot");
        tabPosition2.put("position", "2800");
        HashMap<String, String> tabPosition3 = new HashMap<String, String>();
        tabPosition3.put("type", "clear");
        tabPosition3.put("leader", "dot");
        tabPosition3.put("position", "4000");
        
        ArrayList<HashMap<String, String>> tabPositions = new ArrayList<HashMap<String, String>>();
        tabPositions.add(tabPosition1);
        tabPositions.add(tabPosition2);
        tabPositions.add(tabPosition3);
        
        OptionsParagraphStyle paragraphStyleOptions = new OptionsParagraphStyle();
        paragraphStyleOptions.setColor("b70000")
                             .setFontSize(26)
                             .setTabPositions(tabPositions);
        
        docx.createParagraphStyle("myStyle", paragraphStyleOptions);
        
        OptionsParagraph paragraphOptions = new OptionsParagraph();
        paragraphOptions.setpStyle("myStyle");
        
        OptionsText textOptionsA = new OptionsText();
        textOptionsA.setText("Tabbed text:");
        WordFragment textFragmentA = new WordFragment(docx);
        textFragmentA.addText(textOptionsA);
        
        OptionsText textOptionsB = new OptionsText();
        textOptionsB.setText("One");
        textOptionsB.setTab(true);
        WordFragment textFragmentB = new WordFragment(docx);
        textFragmentB.addText(textOptionsB);
        
        OptionsText textOptionsC = new OptionsText();
        textOptionsC.setText("Two");
        textOptionsC.setTab(true);
        WordFragment textFragmentC = new WordFragment(docx);
        textFragmentC.addText(textOptionsC);
        
        OptionsText textOptionsD = new OptionsText();
        textOptionsD.setText("Three");
        textOptionsD.setTab(true);
        WordFragment textFragmentD = new WordFragment(docx);
        textFragmentD.addText(textOptionsD);
        
        ArrayList<WordFragment> text = new ArrayList<WordFragment>();
        text.add(textFragmentA);
        text.add(textFragmentB);
        text.add(textFragmentC);
        text.add(textFragmentD);
        
        docx.addText(text, paragraphOptions);
        
        docx.createDocx("example_createParagraphStyle_2");
    }
}

The resulting Word document looks like: