How to: Create New Paragraph Style

• Sep 19, 2023

The following example shows how to create a paragraph style.

To create a paragraph style, perform the following steps:

• Create a new paragraph style using ParagraphStyleCollection.CreateNew method;
• Specify the required style settings using corresponding ParagraphStyle instance properties;
• Add it to the ParagraphStyleCollection, accessible through the Document.ParagraphStyles property. To do that, use the ParagraphStyleCollection.Add method.

View Example

StylesActions.cs

Document document = server.Document;
document.LoadDocument("Documents\\Grimm.docx", DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.DocumentFormat.OpenXml);
ParagraphStyle pstyle = document.ParagraphStyles["MyPStyle"];
if (pstyle == null)
{
    pstyle = document.ParagraphStyles.CreateNew();
    pstyle.Name = "MyPStyle";
    pstyle.LineSpacingType = ParagraphLineSpacing.Double;
    pstyle.Alignment = ParagraphAlignment.Center;
    document.ParagraphStyles.Add(pstyle);
}
document.Paragraphs[2].Style = pstyle;

StylesActions.vb

Dim document As Document = server.Document
document.LoadDocument("Documents\Grimm.docx", DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.DocumentFormat.OpenXml)
Dim pstyle As ParagraphStyle = document.ParagraphStyles("MyPStyle")
If pstyle Is Nothing Then
    pstyle = document.ParagraphStyles.CreateNew()
    pstyle.Name = "MyPStyle"
    pstyle.LineSpacingType = ParagraphLineSpacing.Double
    pstyle.Alignment = ParagraphAlignment.Center
    document.ParagraphStyles.Add(pstyle)
End If
document.Paragraphs(2).Style = pstyle