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Author:  Basille [ Tue Aug 21, 2012 9:53 am ]
Post subject:  Paragraph margins and padding
A question from a newbie:

How do I set margins and padding for a Paragraph?
As I can see the class itself does not provide methods for it.

Any hint is appreciated, thank you!
Author:  Thomas Hoevel [ Tue Aug 21, 2012 12:37 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Paragraph margins and padding
Hi!
Basille wrote:
How do I set margins and padding for a Paragraph?
Try paragraph.Format and look for LeftIndent, RightIndent, FirstLineIndent, SpaceBefore, and SpaceAfter.

You can create a Style with your settings and just assign the style to the paragraph.
Author:  Basille [ Tue Aug 21, 2012 2:25 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Paragraph margins and padding
Hi Thomas and thanks for the response.
Is it possible to style a specific paragraph? So far I only saw the means to address all paragraphs.
Author:  Thomas Hoevel [ Tue Aug 21, 2012 2:53 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Paragraph margins and padding
Hi!
Basille wrote:
Is it possible to style a specific paragraph?
Yes, check this sample:
http://www.pdfsharp.net/wiki/HelloMigra ... Redirect=1

Look at DefineCover and DefineTableOfContents.

There's no way to change all paragraphs in a document. You can only change all paragraphs that use the same style by changing that style.
You can add styles when you need more styles.
Author:  Basille [ Wed Aug 22, 2012 5:31 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Paragraph margins and padding
OK, I will try that. Thank you!
Author:  iluvathar [ Mon Feb 24, 2020 10:54 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Paragraph margins and padding
Ok, I scrapped together a page. This is computer generated with numerous different types of results, here are just a few. Until now I was using pdfsharp successfully. Now I wanted to switch to migradoc to reduce my code.

The bits on the picture marked yellow are paragraphs. Now for the second yellow paragraph I have set the option .keeptogether, and on the table before I set .stickwithnext.
But would prefer to leave out the .stickwithnext on the table, and have an option one the paragraph, .leaveOutIfFirst. All objects could have that.

I have a couple of other problems if anyone can help.
I have a big problem calculating width of the empty cells left and right of the table.
Here is my calculation:

left_right_cell_width = (myDoc.DefaultPageSetup.PageWidth.Point - mySect.PageSetup.LeftMargin.Point - mySect.PageSetup.RightMargin.Point + myDoc.Styles("Normal").ParagraphFormat.Borders.DistanceFromLeft.Point + myDoc.Styles("Normal").ParagraphFormat.Borders.DistanceFromRight.Point - myDoc.Styles("Normal").ParagraphFormat.LeftIndent.Point + 0.28 - tableWidth) / 2

Now what am I doing wrong? As you see I had to add 0.28 points so that it works correct?

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Author:  iluvathar [ Thu Feb 27, 2020 10:35 am ]
Post subject:  How to measure distance from paragraph left border to right?
(myDoc.DefaultPageSetup.PageWidth.Point - mySect.PageSetup.LeftMargin.Point - mySect.PageSetup.RightMargin.Point + myDoc.Styles("Normal").ParagraphFormat.Borders.DistanceFromLeft.Point + myDoc.Styles("Normal").ParagraphFormat.Borders.DistanceFromRight.Point - myDoc.Styles("Normal").ParagraphFormat.LeftIndent.Point )

Is the above formula correct? Because I get an error about 0.28 points when I try to align it with my table. I posted an example in another threat, but wanted to make it clearer.
Author:  Thomas Hoevel [ Thu Feb 27, 2020 2:33 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: How to measure distance from paragraph left border to ri
iluvathar wrote:
Because I get an error about 0.28 points when I try to align it with my table.
Error?
By default text in tables aligns with text outside tables. To achieve that, tables are by default indented a little bit to the left.
Author:  iluvathar [ Fri Feb 28, 2020 9:51 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Paragraph margins and padding
I get this, but how do I align paragraph lines with table lines. In the example I had to add 0.28 points to calculation.
So I can get the width of empty table cells on left right. However tables are dynamically generated, therefore they can have wider column and more column. I am worried that my line will in some cases skip one point and not be align to paragraph border. So is my 0.28 point correct?

I hope this makes sense.

Quote:
To achieve that, tables are by default indented a little bit to the left.


So I should use that in my calculation also?

I made the formula mentioned before and I want to change it so it is correct, can you/anyone help? I have my primary table width, now I have to calculate left and right column, so I get the lines aligned.
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