Line spacing

The following example shows you how to set line spacing in paragraphs.
import com.independentsoft.office.word.LineSpacingRule;
import com.independentsoft.office.word.Paragraph;
import com.independentsoft.office.word.ParagraphProperties;
import com.independentsoft.office.word.Run;
import com.independentsoft.office.word.Spacing;
import com.independentsoft.office.word.WordDocument;

public class Example {

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

            // Single line spacing paragraph
            Run run1 = new Run();
            run1.addText("This paragraph has single line spacing. ");
            run1.addText("The text will be tightly packed together.");

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

            Spacing spacing1 = new Spacing();
            spacing1.setLineRule(LineSpacingRule.AUTO);
            spacing1.setLine(240); // 240 twips = single spacing

            ParagraphProperties props1 = new ParagraphProperties();
            props1.setSpacing(spacing1);
            paragraph1.setParagraphProperties(props1);

            // Double line spacing paragraph
            Run run2 = new Run();
            run2.addText("This paragraph has double line spacing. ");
            run2.addText("The text will have more space between lines.");

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

            Spacing spacing2 = new Spacing();
            spacing2.setLineRule(LineSpacingRule.AUTO);
            spacing2.setLine(480); // 480 twips = double spacing

            ParagraphProperties props2 = new ParagraphProperties();
            props2.setSpacing(spacing2);
            paragraph2.setParagraphProperties(props2);

            // 1.5 line spacing paragraph
            Run run3 = new Run();
            run3.addText("This paragraph has 1.5 line spacing. ");
            run3.addText("The text will have moderate space between lines.");

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

            Spacing spacing3 = new Spacing();
            spacing3.setLineRule(LineSpacingRule.AUTO);
            spacing3.setLine(360); // 360 twips = 1.5 line spacing

            ParagraphProperties props3 = new ParagraphProperties();
            props3.setSpacing(spacing3);
            paragraph3.setParagraphProperties(props3);

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

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