Set paragraph alignment

The following example shows you how to set paragraph text alignment.

import com.independentsoft.office.odf.Paragraph;
import com.independentsoft.office.odf.TextDocument;
import com.independentsoft.office.odf.styles.ParagraphStyle;
import com.independentsoft.office.odf.styles.TextAlignment;

public class Example {

    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
        try
        {
            TextDocument doc = new TextDocument();
            
            ParagraphStyle style1 = new ParagraphStyle("Style1");
            style1.getParagraphProperties().setTextAlignment(TextAlignment.CENTER);

            ParagraphStyle style2 = new ParagraphStyle("Style2");
            style2.getParagraphProperties().setTextAlignment(TextAlignment.LEFT);

            ParagraphStyle style3 = new ParagraphStyle("Style3");
            style3.getParagraphProperties().setTextAlignment(TextAlignment.RIGHT);

            doc.getAutomaticStyles().getStyles().add(style1);
            doc.getAutomaticStyles().getStyles().add(style2);
            doc.getAutomaticStyles().getStyles().add(style3);

            Paragraph p1 = new Paragraph();
            p1.add("Center alignment");
            p1.setStyle("Style1");

            Paragraph p2 = new Paragraph();
            p2.add("Left alignment");
            p2.setStyle("Style2");

            Paragraph p3 = new Paragraph();
            p3.add("Right alignment");
            p3.setStyle("Style3");

            doc.getBody().add(p1);
            doc.getBody().add(new Paragraph()); //empty paragraph
            doc.getBody().add(p2);
            doc.getBody().add(new Paragraph()); //empty paragraph
            doc.getBody().add(p3);

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

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