Paragraph shading

The following example shows you how to add background shading to paragraphs.
import com.independentsoft.office.word.Color;
import com.independentsoft.office.word.Paragraph;
import com.independentsoft.office.word.ParagraphProperties;
import com.independentsoft.office.word.Run;
import com.independentsoft.office.word.Shading;
import com.independentsoft.office.word.ShadingPattern;
import com.independentsoft.office.word.WordDocument;

public class Example {

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

            // Paragraph with solid background color
            Run run1 = new Run();
            run1.addText("This paragraph has a light gray background shading.");

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

            Shading shading1 = new Shading();
            shading1.setFill(new Color("#E0E0E0")); // Light gray
            shading1.setPattern(ShadingPattern.CLEAR);

            ParagraphProperties props1 = new ParagraphProperties();
            props1.setShading(shading1);
            paragraph1.setParagraphProperties(props1);

            // Paragraph with yellow background
            Run run2 = new Run();
            run2.addText("This paragraph has a light yellow background - good for highlighting important text.");

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

            Shading shading2 = new Shading();
            shading2.setFill(new Color("#FFFF99")); // Light yellow
            shading2.setPattern(ShadingPattern.CLEAR);

            ParagraphProperties props2 = new ParagraphProperties();
            props2.setShading(shading2);
            paragraph2.setParagraphProperties(props2);

            // Paragraph with blue background
            Run run3 = new Run();
            run3.addText("This paragraph has a light blue background.");

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

            Shading shading3 = new Shading();
            shading3.setFill(new Color("#CCE5FF")); // Light blue
            shading3.setPattern(ShadingPattern.CLEAR);

            ParagraphProperties props3 = new ParagraphProperties();
            props3.setShading(shading3);
            paragraph3.setParagraphProperties(props3);

            // Normal paragraph without shading
            Run run4 = new Run();
            run4.addText("This paragraph has no background shading.");

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

            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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