Java tutorial
import java.io.FileOutputStream; import com.lowagie.text.Document; import com.lowagie.text.PageSize; import com.lowagie.text.Paragraph; import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfPCell; import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfPTable; import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfWriter; public class TableSpacingBeforePDF { public static void main(String[] args) { Document document = new Document(PageSize.A4); try { PdfWriter writer = PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new FileOutputStream("TableSpacingBeforePDF.pdf")); document.open(); PdfPTable table = new PdfPTable(3); PdfPCell cell = new PdfPCell(new Paragraph("header with colspan 3")); cell.setColspan(3); table.addCell(cell); table.setSpacingBefore(150f); document.add(table); document.add(table); } catch (Exception de) { de.printStackTrace(); } document.close(); } }