How to: Change Formatting of the Current Paragraph

• Jun 07, 2019

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MainWindow.xaml.vb

Imports System.Windows
Imports System.Drawing
Imports DevExpress.XtraRichEdit
Imports DevExpress.Office.Utils
Imports DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.API.Native
            Dim doc As Document = richEditControl1.Document
            Dim range As DocumentRange = doc.Selection
            Dim pp As ParagraphProperties = doc.BeginUpdateParagraphs(range)
            ' Center paragraph
            pp.Alignment = ParagraphAlignment.Center
            ' Set triple spacing
            pp.LineSpacingType = ParagraphLineSpacing.Multiple
            pp.LineSpacingMultiplier = 3
            ' Set left indent at 0.5".
            ' Default unit is 1/300 of an inch (a document unit).
            pp.LeftIndent = Units.InchesToDocumentsF(0.5f)
            ' Set tab stop at 1.5"
            Dim tbiColl As TabInfoCollection = pp.BeginUpdateTabs(True)
            Dim tbi As New DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.API.Native.TabInfo()
            tbi.Alignment = TabAlignmentType.Center
            tbi.Position = Units.InchesToDocumentsF(1.5f)
            tbiColl.Add(tbi)
            pp.EndUpdateTabs(tbiColl)
            doc.EndUpdateParagraphs(pp)

MainWindow.xaml.cs

using System.Windows;
using System.Drawing;
using DevExpress.XtraRichEdit;
using DevExpress.Office.Utils;
using DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.API.Native;
            Document doc = richEditControl1.Document;            
            DocumentRange range = doc.Selection;
            ParagraphProperties pp = doc.BeginUpdateParagraphs(range);
            // Center paragraph
            pp.Alignment = ParagraphAlignment.Center;
            // Set triple spacing
            pp.LineSpacingType = ParagraphLineSpacing.Multiple;
            pp.LineSpacingMultiplier = 3;
            // Set left indent at 0.5".
            // Default unit is 1/300 of an inch (a document unit).

            pp.LeftIndent = Units.InchesToDocumentsF(0.5f);
            // Set tab stop at 1.5"
            TabInfoCollection tbiColl = pp.BeginUpdateTabs(true);
            TabInfo tbi = new TabInfo();
            tbi.Alignment = TabAlignmentType.Center;
            tbi.Position = Units.InchesToDocumentsF(1.5f);
            tbiColl.Add(tbi);
            pp.EndUpdateTabs(tbiColl);
            doc.EndUpdateParagraphs(pp);