Bullet list

The following example shows you how to create a bullet list.
import com.independentsoft.office.word.NumberingFormat;
import com.independentsoft.office.word.Paragraph;
import com.independentsoft.office.word.ParagraphProperties;
import com.independentsoft.office.word.Run;
import com.independentsoft.office.word.WordDocument;
import com.independentsoft.office.word.numbering.AbstractNumbering;
import com.independentsoft.office.word.numbering.NumberingDefinitionInstance;
import com.independentsoft.office.word.numbering.NumberingDefinitions;
import com.independentsoft.office.word.numbering.NumberingLevel;
import com.independentsoft.office.word.numbering.NumberingLevelText;
import com.independentsoft.office.word.numbering.NumberingReference;

public class Example {

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

            // Create numbering definitions
            NumberingDefinitions numberingDefinitions = new NumberingDefinitions();

            // Create abstract numbering for bullet list
            AbstractNumbering abstractNumbering = new AbstractNumbering();
            abstractNumbering.setAbstractNumberingID(1);

            NumberingLevel level0 = new NumberingLevel();
            level0.setLevel(0);
            level0.setNumberingFormat(NumberingFormat.BULLET);
            level0.setLevelText(new NumberingLevelText("\u2022")); // bullet character
            level0.setStart(1);

            abstractNumbering.add(level0);
            numberingDefinitions.add(abstractNumbering);

            // Create numbering definition instance
            NumberingDefinitionInstance instance = new NumberingDefinitionInstance();
            instance.setNumberingID(1);
            instance.setAbstractNumberingID(1);

            numberingDefinitions.add(instance);
            doc.setNumberingDefinitions(numberingDefinitions);

            // Create bullet list items
            String[] items = {"First item", "Second item", "Third item", "Fourth item"};

            for (String item : items)
            {
                Run run = new Run();
                run.addText(item);

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

                ParagraphProperties props = new ParagraphProperties();
                props.setNumberingReference(new NumberingReference(1, 0));
                paragraph.setParagraphProperties(props);

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

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