Tab stops

The following example shows you how to set custom tab stops and use tabs in text.
import com.independentsoft.office.word.Paragraph;
import com.independentsoft.office.word.ParagraphProperties;
import com.independentsoft.office.word.Run;
import com.independentsoft.office.word.Tab;
import com.independentsoft.office.word.TabLeaderCharacter;
import com.independentsoft.office.word.TabType;
import com.independentsoft.office.word.WordDocument;

public class Example {

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

            // Create tabs definition
            Tab tab1 = new Tab();
            tab1.setType(TabType.LEFT);
            tab1.setPosition(1440); // 1 inch (1440 twips)

            Tab tab2 = new Tab();
            tab2.setType(TabType.CENTER);
            tab2.setPosition(4320); // 3 inches

            Tab tab3 = new Tab();
            tab3.setType(TabType.RIGHT);
            tab3.setPosition(8640); // 6 inches
            tab3.setLeader(TabLeaderCharacter.DOT);

            // Create paragraph with tabs
            Run run = new Run();
            run.addText("Left");
            run.add(new Tab());
            run.addText("Center");
            run.add(new Tab());
            run.addText("Right with dots");
            run.add(new Tab());
            run.addText("End");

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

            ParagraphProperties props = new ParagraphProperties();
            props.add(tab1);
            props.add(tab2);
            props.add(tab3);
            paragraph.setParagraphProperties(props);

            // Another example - Table of contents style
            Run run2 = new Run();
            run2.addText("Chapter 1");
            run2.add(new Tab());
            run2.addText("10");

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

            Tab tocTab = new Tab();
            tocTab.setType(TabType.RIGHT);
            tocTab.setPosition(9000);
            tocTab.setLeader(TabLeaderCharacter.DOT);

            ParagraphProperties props2 = new ParagraphProperties();
            props2.add(tocTab);
            paragraph2.setParagraphProperties(props2);

            doc.getBody().add(paragraph);
            doc.getBody().add(paragraph2);

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