Text styles

The following example shows how to apply bold, italic and underline text styles using AttributedText and TextStyle.

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();

            TextStyle boldRed = new TextStyle("BoldRed");
            boldRed.FontWeight = FontWeight.Bold;
            boldRed.Color = "#CC0000";
            doc.AutomaticStyles.Styles.Add(boldRed);

            TextStyle bigBlue = new TextStyle("BigBlue");
            bigBlue.FontSize = new Size(16, Unit.Point);
            bigBlue.Color = "#0000CC";
            doc.AutomaticStyles.Styles.Add(bigBlue);

            TextStyle italicGray = new TextStyle("ItalicGray");
            italicGray.FontStyleType = FontStyleType.Italic;
            italicGray.Color = "#666666";
            doc.AutomaticStyles.Styles.Add(italicGray);

            AttributedText span1 = new AttributedText();
            span1.Add("Bold Red Text");
            span1.Style = "BoldRed";

            AttributedText span2 = new AttributedText();
            span2.Add("Big Blue Text");
            span2.Style = "BigBlue";

            AttributedText span3 = new AttributedText();
            span3.Add("Italic Gray Text");
            span3.Style = "ItalicGray";

            Paragraph p1 = new Paragraph();
            p1.Add(span1);
            p1.Add(" | ");
            p1.Add(span2);
            p1.Add(" | ");
            p1.Add(span3);
            doc.Body.Add(p1);

            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 TextDocument = New TextDocument

        Dim boldRed As New TextStyle("BoldRed")
        boldRed.FontWeight = FontWeight.Bold
        boldRed.Color = "#CC0000"
        doc.AutomaticStyles.Styles.Add(boldRed)

        Dim bigBlue As New TextStyle("BigBlue")
        bigBlue.FontSize = New Size(16, Unit.Point)
        bigBlue.Color = "#0000CC"
        doc.AutomaticStyles.Styles.Add(bigBlue)

        Dim italicGray As New TextStyle("ItalicGray")
        italicGray.FontStyleType = FontStyleType.Italic
        italicGray.Color = "#666666"
        doc.AutomaticStyles.Styles.Add(italicGray)

        Dim span1 As New AttributedText
        span1.Add("Bold Red Text")
        span1.Style = "BoldRed"

        Dim span2 As New AttributedText
        span2.Add("Big Blue Text")
        span2.Style = "BigBlue"

        Dim span3 As New AttributedText
        span3.Add("Italic Gray Text")
        span3.Style = "ItalicGray"

        Dim p1 As New Paragraph
        p1.Add(span1)
        p1.Add(" | ")
        p1.Add(span2)
        p1.Add(" | ")
        p1.Add(span3)
        doc.Body.Add(p1)

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

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