Java tutorial
import java.io.BufferedReader; import java.io.FileOutputStream; import java.io.FileReader; import com.lowagie.text.Document; import com.lowagie.text.Element; import com.lowagie.text.PageSize; import com.lowagie.text.Phrase; import com.lowagie.text.pdf.ColumnText; import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfContentByte; import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfWriter; public class MainClass { public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception { Document document = new Document(PageSize.A4); PdfWriter writer = PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new FileOutputStream("2.pdf")); document.open(); PdfContentByte cb = writer.getDirectContent(); StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer(1024); BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new FileReader("a.txt")); int c; while ((c = reader.read()) > -1) { sb.append((char) c); } reader.close(); ColumnText ct = new ColumnText(cb); ct.setSimpleColumn(new Phrase(sb.toString()), 36, 36, PageSize.A4.width() - 36, PageSize.A4.height() - 36, 18, Element.ALIGN_JUSTIFIED); int status = ColumnText.START_COLUMN; while (ColumnText.hasMoreText(status)) { status = ct.go(); ct.setYLine(PageSize.A4.height() - 36); document.newPage(); } document.close(); } }