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package com.lowagie.examples.general;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import com.lowagie.text.Document;
import com.lowagie.text.DocumentException;
import com.lowagie.text.Element;
import com.lowagie.text.PageSize;
import com.lowagie.text.Paragraph;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfWriter;
/**
* Demonstrates the use of margins.
* @author blowagie
*/
public class Margins {
/**
* Creates a PDF document with different pages that have different margins.
* @param args no arguments needed here
*/
public static void main(String[] args) {
System.out.println("Document margins");
// step 1: creation of a document-object
Document document = new Document(PageSize.A5, 36, 72, 108, 180);
try {
// step 2:
// we create a writer that listens to the document
// and directs a PDF-stream to a file
PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new FileOutputStream("Margins.pdf"));
// step 3: we open the document
document.open();
// step 4:
document.add(new Paragraph("The left margin of this document is 36pt (0.5 inch); the right margin 72pt (1 inch); the top margin 108pt (1.5 inch); the bottom margin 180pt (2.5 inch). "));
Paragraph paragraph = new Paragraph();
paragraph.setAlignment(Element.ALIGN_JUSTIFIED);
for (int i = 0; i < 20; i++) {
paragraph.add("Hello World, Hello Sun, Hello Moon, Hello Stars, Hello Sea, Hello Land, Hello People. ");
}
document.add(paragraph);
document.setMargins(180, 108, 72, 36);
document.add(new Paragraph("Now we change the margins. You will see the effect on the next page."));
document.add(paragraph);
document.setMarginMirroring(true);
document.add(new Paragraph("Starting on the next page, the margins will be mirrored."));
document.add(paragraph);
}
catch(DocumentException de) {
System.err.println(de.getMessage());
}
catch(IOException ioe) {
System.err.println(ioe.getMessage());
}
// step 5: we close the document
document.close();
}
}