How to insert blank lines in PDF

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I am creating a PDF using iText  I want to insert blank lines between paragraphs and tables    How can I achieve this

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You can also use  document add new Paragraph     document add new Paragraph       before seperator if you are using either it is fine

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And to insert blank line between tables you can use these both methods  table setSpacingBefore           table setSpacingAfter

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directly use   paragraph add   n      to add an empty line

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You can use   n  in Paragraph  document add new Paragraph   n n

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I had to add blank lines after a table and I manage it adding many divs as I need it with a css style with padding-top set it up  like this  I ve used a template engine  underscore  to loop through the number of lines I need to add     lt   var maxRow   30  var pos   items models length    gt    lt   for  pos  pos  lt  maxRow  pos        gt          lt div class  blankRow  gt  lt  div gt    lt        gt    My css file     blankRow   padding-top  15px

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You can add Blank Line throw PdfContentByte class in itextPdf  As shown below   package com pdf test   import java io FileOutputStream  import java io IOException  import java net URL   import com itextpdf text Chunk  import com itextpdf text Document  import com itextpdf text DocumentException  import com itextpdf text Element  import com itextpdf text Font  import com itextpdf text Image  import com itextpdf text Paragraph  import com itextpdf text Phrase  import com itextpdf text Rectangle  import com itextpdf text pdf PdfContentByte  import com itextpdf text pdf PdfPCell  import com itextpdf text pdf PdfPTable  import com itextpdf text pdf PdfWriter   public class Ranvijay        public static final String RESULT    d  printReport pdf        public void createPdf String filename  throws Exception           Document document   new Document            PdfWriter writer   PdfWriter getInstance document                  new FileOutputStream filename            document open             Font bold   new Font Font FontFamily HELVETICA  8f  Font BOLD           Font normal   new Font Font FontFamily HELVETICA  8f  Font NORMAL           PdfPTable tabletmp   new PdfPTable 1           tabletmp getDefaultCell   setBorder Rectangle NO BORDER           tabletmp setWidthPercentage 100           PdfPTable table   new PdfPTable 2           float   colWidths     45  55            table setWidths colWidths           String imageUrl    http   ssl gstatic com s2 oz images logo 2x googleplus color 33-99ce54a16a32f6edc61a3e709eb61d31 png           Image image2   Image getInstance new URL imageUrl            image2 setWidthPercentage 60           table getDefaultCell   setBorder Rectangle NO BORDER           table getDefaultCell   setHorizontalAlignment Element ALIGN RIGHT           table getDefaultCell   setVerticalAlignment Element ALIGN TOP           PdfPCell cell   new PdfPCell            cell setBorder Rectangle NO BORDER           cell addElement image2           table addCell cell           String email    ranvijay9286 gmail com           String collectionDate    09 09 09           Chunk chunk1   new Chunk  Date     normal           Phrase ph1   new Phrase chunk1            Chunk chunk2   new Chunk collectionDate  bold           Phrase ph2   new Phrase chunk2            Chunk chunk3   new Chunk   nEmail     normal           Phrase ph3   new Phrase chunk3            Chunk chunk4   new Chunk email  bold           Phrase ph4   new Phrase chunk4            Paragraph ph   new Paragraph            ph add ph1           ph add ph2           ph add ph3           ph add ph4            table addCell ph           tabletmp addCell table           PdfContentByte canvas   writer getDirectContent            canvas saveState            canvas setLineWidth  float  10   10           canvas moveTo 40  806 -  5   10            canvas lineTo 555  806 -  5   10            canvas stroke            document add tabletmp           canvas restoreState            PdfPTable tabletmp1   new PdfPTable 1           tabletmp1 getDefaultCell   setBorder Rectangle NO BORDER           tabletmp1 setWidthPercentage 100            document add tabletmp1            document close                          Main method                  param args                   no arguments needed         throws DocumentException         throws IOException             public static void main String   args  throws Exception           new Ranvijay   createPdf RESULT           System out println  Done Please check

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You can trigger a newline by inserting Chunk NEWLINE into your document   Here s an example   public static void main String args          try              create a new document         Document document   new Document  PageSize A4  20  20  20  20            PdfWriter getInstance  document  new FileOutputStream   HelloWorld pdf                document open             document add  new Paragraph   Hello  World                document add  new Paragraph   Hello  World                    add a couple of blank lines         document add  Chunk NEWLINE            document add  Chunk NEWLINE                add one more line with text         document add  new Paragraph   Hello  World                 document close              catch  Exception e            e printStackTrace              Below is a screen shot showing part of the PDF that the code above produces

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You can try a blank phrase   document add new Phrase   n

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document add new Paragraph         It is ineffective above must add a blank string  like this                            document add new Paragraph

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I posted this in another question  but I find using tables with iTextSharp offers a great level of precision   document Add BlankLineDoc 16     public static PdfPTable BlankLineDoc int height        var table   new PdfPTable 1   WidthPercentage   100       table   BlankLineTable table  height       return table     public static PdfPTable BlankLineTable PdfPTable table  int height  int border   Rectangle NO BORDER        var cell   new PdfPCell new Phrase                     Border   border          Colspan   table NumberOfColumns          FixedHeight   height            table AddCell cell       return table      BlankLineTable can be used directly when working with tables

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Instead of using   document add  Chunk NEWLINE      use this   document add new Paragraph         it makes small space

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You can add empty line     Paragraph p   new Paragraph        add one empty line   addEmptyLine p  1       add 3 empty line   addEmptyLine p  3     private static void addEmptyLine Paragraph paragraph  int number        for  int i   0  i  lt  number  i            paragraph add new Paragraph

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