Paragraph indentation

The following example shows you how to set paragraph indentation.
import com.independentsoft.office.word.Indentation;
import com.independentsoft.office.word.Paragraph;
import com.independentsoft.office.word.ParagraphProperties;
import com.independentsoft.office.word.Run;
import com.independentsoft.office.word.WordDocument;

public class Example {

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

            // Paragraph with left indentation
            Run run1 = new Run();
            run1.addText("This paragraph has left indentation. The entire paragraph is indented from the left margin.");

            Paragraph paragraph1 = new Paragraph();
            paragraph1.add(run1);

            Indentation indent1 = new Indentation();
            indent1.setLeft(720); // 720 twips = 0.5 inch

            ParagraphProperties props1 = new ParagraphProperties();
            props1.setIndentation(indent1);
            paragraph1.setParagraphProperties(props1);

            // Paragraph with first line indentation
            Run run2 = new Run();
            run2.addText("This paragraph has first line indentation. Only the first line is indented, which is common for book paragraphs.");

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

            Indentation indent2 = new Indentation();
            indent2.setFirstLine(720); // 720 twips = 0.5 inch

            ParagraphProperties props2 = new ParagraphProperties();
            props2.setIndentation(indent2);
            paragraph2.setParagraphProperties(props2);

            // Paragraph with hanging indentation
            Run run3 = new Run();
            run3.addText("This paragraph has hanging indentation. The first line starts at the margin but subsequent lines are indented. This is often used for bibliographies.");

            Paragraph paragraph3 = new Paragraph();
            paragraph3.add(run3);

            Indentation indent3 = new Indentation();
            indent3.setLeft(720);
            indent3.setHanging(720); // Creates hanging effect

            ParagraphProperties props3 = new ParagraphProperties();
            props3.setIndentation(indent3);
            paragraph3.setParagraphProperties(props3);

            // Paragraph with both left and right indentation
            Run run4 = new Run();
            run4.addText("This paragraph has both left and right indentation. It appears as a block quote, indented from both margins.");

            Paragraph paragraph4 = new Paragraph();
            paragraph4.add(run4);

            Indentation indent4 = new Indentation();
            indent4.setLeft(720);
            indent4.setRight(720);

            ParagraphProperties props4 = new ParagraphProperties();
            props4.setIndentation(indent4);
            paragraph4.setParagraphProperties(props4);

            doc.getBody().add(paragraph1);
            doc.getBody().add(paragraph2);
            doc.getBody().add(paragraph3);
            doc.getBody().add(paragraph4);

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