Set Alignment for Paragraphs in Word in Java

Setting alignment for paragraphs is one of the most simple but necessary steps to make a well formatted Word document. This article will show you how to set left, centered, right and justified alignment for paragraphs in a Word document by using Free Spire.Doc for Java.

Installation

Method 1: Download the Free Spire.Doc for Java and unzip it. Then add the Spire.Doc.jar file to your Java application as dependency.

Method 2: You can also add the jar dependency to maven project by adding the following configurations to the pom.xml.

<repositories>
   <repository>
      <id>com.e-iceblue</id>
      <name>e-iceblue</name>
      <url>http://repo.e-iceblue.com/nexus/content/groups/public/</url>
   </repository>
</repositories>
<dependencies>
   <dependency>
      <groupId>e-iceblue</groupId>
      <artifactId>spire.doc.free</artifactId>
      <version>3.9.0</version>
   </dependency>
</dependencies>

Code Snippet

import com.spire.doc.*;
import com.spire.doc.documents.*;

public class ParagraphAlighment {
    public static void main(String[] args){
        //Instantiate a Document object
        Document document = new Document();

        //Add a section
        Section section = document.addSection();

        //Add a paragraph and make it left aligned
        Paragraph paragraph = section.addParagraph();
        paragraph.appendText("This paragraph is left-aligned");
        paragraph.getFormat().setHorizontalAlignment(HorizontalAlignment.Left);

        //Add a paragraph and make it centered
        paragraph = section.addParagraph();
        paragraph.appendText("This paragraph is centered");
        paragraph.getFormat().setHorizontalAlignment(HorizontalAlignment.Center);

        //Add a paragraph and make it right alighed
        paragraph = section.addParagraph();
        paragraph.appendText("This paragraph is right-aligned");
        paragraph.getFormat().setHorizontalAlignment(HorizontalAlignment.Right);

        //Add a paragraph and make it justified
        paragraph = section.addParagraph();
        paragraph.appendText("This paragraph is justified");
        paragraph.getFormat().setHorizontalAlignment(HorizontalAlignment.Justify);

        //Save the resultant document
        document.saveToFile("ParagraphAlignment.docx", FileFormat.Docx_2013);
    }
}

Output