How to align the text in a word document using Java

Problem Description

How to align the text in a word document using Java.

Solution

Following is the program to align the text in a word document using Java.

import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;

import org.apache.poi.xwpf.usermodel.ParagraphAlignment;
import org.apache.poi.xwpf.usermodel.XWPFDocument;
import org.apache.poi.xwpf.usermodel.XWPFParagraph;
import org.apache.poi.xwpf.usermodel.XWPFRun;

public class AlignTextInWord {
   public static void main(String[] args)throws Exception {

      //Blank Document
      XWPFDocument document = new XWPFDocument();

      //Write the Document in file system
      FileOutputStream out = new FileOutputStream(new File
         ("C:/poiword/alignparagraph.docx"));

      //create paragraph
      XWPFParagraph paragraph = document.createParagraph();

      //Set alignment paragraph to RIGHT
      paragraph.setAlignment(ParagraphAlignment.RIGHT);
      
      XWPFRun run = paragraph.createRun();
      run.setText("At tutorialspoint.com, we strive hard to " +
         "provide quality tutorials for self-learning " +
         "purpose in the domains of Academics, Information " +
         "Technology, Management and Computer Programming " +
         "Languages.");

      //Create Another paragraph
      paragraph = document.createParagraph();

      //Set alignment paragraph to CENTER
      paragraph.setAlignment(ParagraphAlignment.CENTER);
      
      run = paragraph.createRun();
      run.setText("The endeavour started by Mohtashim, an AMU " +
         "alumni, who is the founder and the managing director " +
         "of Tutorials Point (I) Pvt. Ltd. He came up with the " +
         "website tutorialspoint.com in year 2006 with the help" +
         "of handpicked freelancers, with an array of tutorials" +
         " for computer programming languages. ");

      document.write(out);
      out.close();
      
      System.out.println("alignparagraph.docx written successfully");
   }
}

Output