Example usage for com.lowagie.text Section setIndentationLeft

Introduction

In this page you can find the example usage for com.lowagie.text Section setIndentationLeft.

Prototype

public void setIndentationLeft(float indentation) 

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Document

Sets the indentation of this Section on the left side.

Usage

From source file:questions.objects.ChaptersAndMemory.java

/**
 * Generates a PDF file with autonumbered chapters and an open bookmark tab
 * // w ww .  j a  v a2  s .c  o m
 * @param args
 *            no arguments needed here
 */
public static void main(String[] args) {
    // step 1: creation of a document-object
    Document document = new Document();
    try {
        // step 2:
        // we create a writer
        PdfWriter writer = PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new FileOutputStream(RESULT));
        writer.setViewerPreferences(PdfWriter.PageModeUseOutlines);
        // step 3: we open the document
        document.open();
        // step 4: we add a paragraph to the document
        Phrase text = new Phrase("Quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. ");
        ChapterAutoNumber chapter1 = new ChapterAutoNumber("This is a sample sentence:");
        chapter1.setBookmarkTitle("The fox");
        chapter1.setBookmarkOpen(false);
        chapter1.setComplete(false);
        Section section1 = chapter1.addSection("Quick");
        section1.add(text);
        section1.add(text);
        section1.add(text);
        document.add(chapter1);
        Section section2 = chapter1.addSection("Fox");
        section2.add(text);
        section2.setComplete(false);
        document.add(chapter1);
        section2.add(text);
        section2.add(text);
        section2.setComplete(true);
        chapter1.setComplete(true);
        document.add(chapter1);
        ChapterAutoNumber chapter2 = new ChapterAutoNumber("Jumps");
        chapter2.setComplete(false);
        Section section = chapter2.addSection("Over");
        section.setComplete(false);
        section.add(text);
        section.add(text);
        section.add(text);
        Section subsection1 = section.addSection("Lazy");
        subsection1.setIndentationLeft(30);
        subsection1.add(text);
        subsection1.setComplete(false);
        document.add(chapter2);
        subsection1.add(text);
        subsection1.add(text);
        subsection1.add(text);
        subsection1.add(text);
        subsection1.setComplete(true);
        Section subsection2 = section.addSection("Dog");
        subsection2.setIndentationRight(30);
        subsection2.add(text);
        subsection2.add(text);
        subsection2.add(text);
        subsection2.add(text);
        subsection2.add(text);
        Section subsection3 = section.addSection("Did you see it?");
        subsection3.setIndentation(50);
        subsection3.add(text);
        subsection3.add(text);
        subsection3.add(text);
        subsection3.add(text);
        subsection3.add(text);
        section.setComplete(true);
        document.add(chapter2);
    } catch (DocumentException de) {
        System.err.println(de.getMessage());
    } catch (IOException ioe) {
        System.err.println(ioe.getMessage());
    }

    // step 5: we close the document
    document.close();
}

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