Set paragraph style

The following example shows you how to set text font, underline and bold.

C# example

using System;
using Independentsoft.Office.Odf;
using Independentsoft.Office.Odf.Styles;

namespace Sample
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            TextDocument doc = new TextDocument();

            Font arial = new Font();
            arial.Name = "Arial";
            arial.Family = "Arial";
            arial.GenericFontFamily = GenericFontFamily.Swiss;
            arial.Pitch = FontPitch.Variable;

            doc.Fonts.Add(arial);

            ParagraphStyle style1 = new ParagraphStyle("MyStyle1");
            style1.TextProperties.Font = "Arial";
            style1.TextProperties.FontSize = new Size(12, Unit.Point);
            style1.TextProperties.FontWeight = FontWeight.Bold;
            style1.TextProperties.UnderlineType = UnderlineType.Single;

            doc.AutomaticStyles.Styles.Add(style1);

            Paragraph p1 = new Paragraph();
            p1.Add("Hello");
            p1.Style = "MyStyle1";

            Paragraph p2 = new Paragraph();
            p2.Add("World");

            doc.Body.Add(p1);
            doc.Body.Add(p2);

            doc.Save("c:\\test\\output.odt", true);
        }
    }
}

VB example

Imports System
Imports Independentsoft.Office.Odf
Imports Independentsoft.Office.Odf.Styles

Module Module1
    Sub Main(ByVal args() As String)

        Dim doc As New TextDocument()

        Dim arial As Font = New Font()
        arial.Name = "Arial"
        arial.Family = "Arial"
        arial.GenericFontFamily = GenericFontFamily.Swiss
        arial.Pitch = FontPitch.Variable

        doc.Fonts.Add(arial)

        Dim style1 As ParagraphStyle = New ParagraphStyle("MyStyle1")
        style1.TextProperties.Font = "Arial"
        style1.TextProperties.FontSize = New Size(12, Unit.Point)
        style1.TextProperties.FontWeight = FontWeight.Bold
        style1.TextProperties.UnderlineType = UnderlineType.Single

        doc.AutomaticStyles.Styles.Add(style1)

        Dim p1 As Paragraph = New Paragraph()
        p1.Add("Hello")
        p1.Style = "MyStyle1"

        Dim p2 As Paragraph = New Paragraph()
        p2.Add("World")

        doc.Body.Add(p1)
        doc.Body.Add(p2)

        doc.Save("c:\test\output.odt", True)

    End Sub
End Module

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