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&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Новая страница&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;==  Add SimpleColumn to MultiColumnText ==&lt;br /&gt;
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  &amp;lt;!-- start source code --&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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    &amp;lt;source lang=&amp;quot;java&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;&lt;br /&gt;
import com.lowagie.text.Document;&lt;br /&gt;
import com.lowagie.text.Element;&lt;br /&gt;
import com.lowagie.text.Font;&lt;br /&gt;
import com.lowagie.text.FontFactory;&lt;br /&gt;
import com.lowagie.text.PageSize;&lt;br /&gt;
import com.lowagie.text.Paragraph;&lt;br /&gt;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.BaseFont;&lt;br /&gt;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.MultiColumnText;&lt;br /&gt;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfWriter;&lt;br /&gt;
public class MainClass {&lt;br /&gt;
  public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {&lt;br /&gt;
    Document document = new Document(PageSize.A4);&lt;br /&gt;
    PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new FileOutputStream(&amp;quot;2.pdf&amp;quot;));&lt;br /&gt;
    document.open();&lt;br /&gt;
    MultiColumnText mct = new MultiColumnText();&lt;br /&gt;
    mct.addSimpleColumn(100, 280);&lt;br /&gt;
    mct.addSimpleColumn(300, 480);&lt;br /&gt;
    for (int i = 0; i &amp;lt; 30; i++) {&lt;br /&gt;
      mct.addElement(new Paragraph(String.valueOf(i + 1)));&lt;br /&gt;
      mct.addElement(newParagraph(&amp;quot;noun&amp;quot;, Element.ALIGN_CENTER, Font.BOLDITALIC));&lt;br /&gt;
      for (int j = 0; j &amp;lt; 4; j++) {&lt;br /&gt;
        mct.addElement(newParagraph(&amp;quot;Line&amp;quot;, Element.ALIGN_LEFT, Font.NORMAL));&lt;br /&gt;
      }&lt;br /&gt;
      mct.addElement(newParagraph(&amp;quot;adverb&amp;quot;, Element.ALIGN_LEFT, Font.NORMAL));&lt;br /&gt;
      mct.addElement(newParagraph(&amp;quot;\n\n&amp;quot;, Element.ALIGN_LEFT, Font.NORMAL));&lt;br /&gt;
    }&lt;br /&gt;
    document.add(mct);&lt;br /&gt;
    document.close();&lt;br /&gt;
    document.close();&lt;br /&gt;
  }&lt;br /&gt;
  private static Element newParagraph(String text, int alignment, int type) {&lt;br /&gt;
    Font font = FontFactory.getFont(BaseFont.HELVETICA, 10, type);&lt;br /&gt;
    Paragraph p = new Paragraph(text, font);&lt;br /&gt;
    p.setAlignment(alignment);&lt;br /&gt;
    p.setLeading(font.size() * 1.2f);&lt;br /&gt;
    return p;&lt;br /&gt;
  }&lt;br /&gt;
}&amp;lt;/source&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
    &lt;br /&gt;
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==  Column Properties ==&lt;br /&gt;
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    &amp;lt;source lang=&amp;quot;java&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;&lt;br /&gt;
import com.lowagie.text.Document;&lt;br /&gt;
import com.lowagie.text.Element;&lt;br /&gt;
import com.lowagie.text.PageSize;&lt;br /&gt;
import com.lowagie.text.Phrase;&lt;br /&gt;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.ColumnText;&lt;br /&gt;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfContentByte;&lt;br /&gt;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfWriter;&lt;br /&gt;
public class MainClass {&lt;br /&gt;
  public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {&lt;br /&gt;
    Document document = new Document(PageSize.A4);&lt;br /&gt;
    PdfWriter writer = PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new FileOutputStream(&amp;quot;2.pdf&amp;quot;));&lt;br /&gt;
    document.open();&lt;br /&gt;
    PdfContentByte cb = writer.getDirectContent();&lt;br /&gt;
    ColumnText ct = new ColumnText(cb);&lt;br /&gt;
    ct.setAlignment(Element.ALIGN_JUSTIFIED);&lt;br /&gt;
    ct.setExtraParagraphSpace(12);&lt;br /&gt;
    ct.setFollowingIndent(18);&lt;br /&gt;
    ct.setLeading(0, 1.2f);&lt;br /&gt;
    ct.setSpaceCharRatio(PdfWriter.NO_SPACE_CHAR_RATIO);&lt;br /&gt;
    ct.setUseAscender(true);&lt;br /&gt;
    Phrase p;&lt;br /&gt;
    ct.setSimpleColumn(36, 36, PageSize.A4.width() - 36, PageSize.A4.height() - 36);&lt;br /&gt;
    for (int i = 0; i &amp;lt; 10; i++) {&lt;br /&gt;
      p = new Phrase(i + &amp;quot;\n&amp;quot;);&lt;br /&gt;
      ct.addText(p);&lt;br /&gt;
    }&lt;br /&gt;
    int status = ColumnText.START_COLUMN;&lt;br /&gt;
    while (ColumnText.hasMoreText(status)) {&lt;br /&gt;
      status = ct.go();&lt;br /&gt;
      ct.setYLine(PageSize.A4.height() - 36);&lt;br /&gt;
      document.newPage();&lt;br /&gt;
    }&lt;br /&gt;
    document.close();&lt;br /&gt;
  }&lt;br /&gt;
}&amp;lt;/source&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
    &lt;br /&gt;
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  &amp;lt;!-- end source code --&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==  Columns Right To Left ==&lt;br /&gt;
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    &amp;lt;source lang=&amp;quot;java&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;&lt;br /&gt;
import com.lowagie.text.Document;&lt;br /&gt;
import com.lowagie.text.Element;&lt;br /&gt;
import com.lowagie.text.Font;&lt;br /&gt;
import com.lowagie.text.FontFactory;&lt;br /&gt;
import com.lowagie.text.PageSize;&lt;br /&gt;
import com.lowagie.text.Paragraph;&lt;br /&gt;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.BaseFont;&lt;br /&gt;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.MultiColumnText;&lt;br /&gt;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfWriter;&lt;br /&gt;
public class MainClass {&lt;br /&gt;
  public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {&lt;br /&gt;
    Document document = new Document(PageSize.A4);&lt;br /&gt;
    PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new FileOutputStream(&amp;quot;2.pdf&amp;quot;));&lt;br /&gt;
    document.open();&lt;br /&gt;
    MultiColumnText mct = new MultiColumnText();&lt;br /&gt;
    mct.setColumnsRightToLeft(true);&lt;br /&gt;
    mct.addRegularColumns(document.left(), document.right(), 10f, 3);&lt;br /&gt;
    for (int i = 0; i &amp;lt; 30; i++) {&lt;br /&gt;
      mct.addElement(new Paragraph(String.valueOf(i + 1)));&lt;br /&gt;
      mct.addElement(newParagraph(&amp;quot;noun&amp;quot;, Element.ALIGN_CENTER, Font.BOLDITALIC));&lt;br /&gt;
      for (int j = 0; j &amp;lt; 4; j++) {&lt;br /&gt;
        mct.addElement(newParagraph(&amp;quot;Line&amp;quot;, Element.ALIGN_LEFT, Font.NORMAL));&lt;br /&gt;
      }&lt;br /&gt;
      mct.addElement(newParagraph(&amp;quot;adverb&amp;quot;, Element.ALIGN_LEFT, Font.NORMAL));&lt;br /&gt;
      mct.addElement(newParagraph(&amp;quot;\n\n&amp;quot;, Element.ALIGN_LEFT, Font.NORMAL));&lt;br /&gt;
    }&lt;br /&gt;
    document.add(mct);&lt;br /&gt;
    document.close();&lt;br /&gt;
    document.close();&lt;br /&gt;
  }&lt;br /&gt;
  private static Element newParagraph(String text, int alignment, int type) {&lt;br /&gt;
    Font font = FontFactory.getFont(BaseFont.HELVETICA, 10, type);&lt;br /&gt;
    Paragraph p = new Paragraph(text, font);&lt;br /&gt;
    p.setAlignment(alignment);&lt;br /&gt;
    p.setLeading(font.size() * 1.2f);&lt;br /&gt;
    return p;&lt;br /&gt;
  }&lt;br /&gt;
}&amp;lt;/source&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
    &lt;br /&gt;
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  &amp;lt;!-- end source code --&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==  ColumnText.hasMoreText ==&lt;br /&gt;
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  &amp;lt;!-- start source code --&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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    &amp;lt;source lang=&amp;quot;java&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;&lt;br /&gt;
import com.lowagie.text.Document;&lt;br /&gt;
import com.lowagie.text.Element;&lt;br /&gt;
import com.lowagie.text.PageSize;&lt;br /&gt;
import com.lowagie.text.Phrase;&lt;br /&gt;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.ColumnText;&lt;br /&gt;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfContentByte;&lt;br /&gt;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfWriter;&lt;br /&gt;
public class MainClass {&lt;br /&gt;
  public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {&lt;br /&gt;
    Document document = new Document(PageSize.A4);&lt;br /&gt;
    PdfWriter writer = PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new FileOutputStream(&amp;quot;2.pdf&amp;quot;));&lt;br /&gt;
    document.open();&lt;br /&gt;
    PdfContentByte cb = writer.getDirectContent();&lt;br /&gt;
    ColumnText ct = new ColumnText(cb);&lt;br /&gt;
    ct.setAlignment(Element.ALIGN_JUSTIFIED);&lt;br /&gt;
    ct.setText(new Phrase(&amp;quot;string&amp;quot;));&lt;br /&gt;
    float[] left = { 36, (PageSize.A4.width() / 2) + 18 };&lt;br /&gt;
    float[] right = { (PageSize.A4.width() / 2) - 18, PageSize.A4.width() - 36 };&lt;br /&gt;
    int status = ColumnText.START_COLUMN;&lt;br /&gt;
    int column = 0;&lt;br /&gt;
    while (ColumnText.hasMoreText(status)) {&lt;br /&gt;
      ct.setSimpleColumn(left[column], 36, right[column], PageSize.A4.height() - 36);&lt;br /&gt;
      status = ct.go();&lt;br /&gt;
      column++;&lt;br /&gt;
      if (column &amp;gt; 1) {&lt;br /&gt;
        column = 0;&lt;br /&gt;
        document.newPage();&lt;br /&gt;
      }&lt;br /&gt;
    }&lt;br /&gt;
    document.close();&lt;br /&gt;
  }&lt;br /&gt;
}&amp;lt;/source&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
    &lt;br /&gt;
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  &amp;lt;!-- end source code --&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==  ColumnText.NO_MORE_COLUMN ==&lt;br /&gt;
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  &amp;lt;!-- start source code --&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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    &amp;lt;source lang=&amp;quot;java&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;&lt;br /&gt;
import com.lowagie.text.Document;&lt;br /&gt;
import com.lowagie.text.Element;&lt;br /&gt;
import com.lowagie.text.PageSize;&lt;br /&gt;
import com.lowagie.text.Phrase;&lt;br /&gt;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.ColumnText;&lt;br /&gt;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfContentByte;&lt;br /&gt;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfWriter;&lt;br /&gt;
public class MainClass {&lt;br /&gt;
  public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {&lt;br /&gt;
    Document document = new Document(PageSize.A4);&lt;br /&gt;
    PdfWriter writer = PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new FileOutputStream(&amp;quot;2.pdf&amp;quot;));&lt;br /&gt;
    document.open();&lt;br /&gt;
    PdfContentByte cb = writer.getDirectContent();&lt;br /&gt;
    ColumnText ct = new ColumnText(cb);&lt;br /&gt;
    ct.setSimpleColumn(36, 36, PageSize.A4.width() - 36, PageSize.A4.height() - 36, 18,&lt;br /&gt;
        Element.ALIGN_JUSTIFIED);&lt;br /&gt;
    ct.setText(new Phrase(&amp;quot;String&amp;quot;));&lt;br /&gt;
    int status = ColumnText.NO_MORE_COLUMN;&lt;br /&gt;
    while ((status &amp;amp; ColumnText.NO_MORE_TEXT) == 0) {&lt;br /&gt;
      status = ct.go();&lt;br /&gt;
      ct.setYLine(PageSize.A4.height() - 36);&lt;br /&gt;
      document.newPage();&lt;br /&gt;
    }&lt;br /&gt;
    document.close();&lt;br /&gt;
  }&lt;br /&gt;
}&amp;lt;/source&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
    &lt;br /&gt;
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  &amp;lt;!-- end source code --&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==  Create Column With SimpleColumn ==&lt;br /&gt;
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    &amp;lt;source lang=&amp;quot;java&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
import java.io.BufferedReader;&lt;br /&gt;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;&lt;br /&gt;
import java.io.FileReader;&lt;br /&gt;
import com.lowagie.text.Document;&lt;br /&gt;
import com.lowagie.text.Element;&lt;br /&gt;
import com.lowagie.text.PageSize;&lt;br /&gt;
import com.lowagie.text.Phrase;&lt;br /&gt;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.ColumnText;&lt;br /&gt;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfContentByte;&lt;br /&gt;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfWriter;&lt;br /&gt;
public class MainClass {&lt;br /&gt;
  public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {&lt;br /&gt;
    Document document = new Document(PageSize.A4);&lt;br /&gt;
    PdfWriter writer = PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new FileOutputStream(&amp;quot;2.pdf&amp;quot;));&lt;br /&gt;
    document.open();&lt;br /&gt;
    PdfContentByte cb = writer.getDirectContent();&lt;br /&gt;
    StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer(1024);&lt;br /&gt;
    BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(&amp;quot;a.txt&amp;quot;));&lt;br /&gt;
    int c;&lt;br /&gt;
    while ((c = reader.read()) &amp;gt; -1) {&lt;br /&gt;
      sb.append((char) c);&lt;br /&gt;
    }&lt;br /&gt;
    reader.close();&lt;br /&gt;
    ColumnText ct = new ColumnText(cb);&lt;br /&gt;
    ct.setSimpleColumn(new Phrase(sb.toString()), 36, 36, PageSize.A4.width() - 36, PageSize.A4&lt;br /&gt;
        .height() - 36, 18, Element.ALIGN_JUSTIFIED);&lt;br /&gt;
    int status = ColumnText.START_COLUMN;&lt;br /&gt;
    while (ColumnText.hasMoreText(status)) {&lt;br /&gt;
      status = ct.go();&lt;br /&gt;
      ct.setYLine(PageSize.A4.height() - 36);&lt;br /&gt;
      document.newPage();&lt;br /&gt;
    }&lt;br /&gt;
    document.close();&lt;br /&gt;
  }&lt;br /&gt;
}&amp;lt;/source&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
    &lt;br /&gt;
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  &amp;lt;!-- end source code --&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==  Regular Columns ==&lt;br /&gt;
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   &lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;lt;source lang=&amp;quot;java&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;&lt;br /&gt;
import com.lowagie.text.Document;&lt;br /&gt;
import com.lowagie.text.Element;&lt;br /&gt;
import com.lowagie.text.Font;&lt;br /&gt;
import com.lowagie.text.FontFactory;&lt;br /&gt;
import com.lowagie.text.PageSize;&lt;br /&gt;
import com.lowagie.text.Paragraph;&lt;br /&gt;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.BaseFont;&lt;br /&gt;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.MultiColumnText;&lt;br /&gt;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfWriter;&lt;br /&gt;
public class MainClass {&lt;br /&gt;
  public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {&lt;br /&gt;
    Document document = new Document(PageSize.A4);&lt;br /&gt;
    PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new FileOutputStream(&amp;quot;2.pdf&amp;quot;));&lt;br /&gt;
    document.open();&lt;br /&gt;
    MultiColumnText mct = new MultiColumnText();&lt;br /&gt;
    mct.addRegularColumns(document.left(), document.right(), 10f, 3);&lt;br /&gt;
    for (int i = 0; i &amp;lt; 30; i++) {&lt;br /&gt;
      mct.addElement(new Paragraph(String.valueOf(i + 1)));&lt;br /&gt;
      mct.addElement(newParagraph(&amp;quot;noun&amp;quot;, Element.ALIGN_CENTER, Font.BOLDITALIC));&lt;br /&gt;
      for (int j = 0; j &amp;lt; 4; j++) {&lt;br /&gt;
        mct.addElement(newParagraph(&amp;quot;Line&amp;quot;, Element.ALIGN_LEFT, Font.NORMAL));&lt;br /&gt;
      }&lt;br /&gt;
      mct.addElement(newParagraph(&amp;quot;adverb&amp;quot;, Element.ALIGN_LEFT, Font.NORMAL));&lt;br /&gt;
      mct.addElement(newParagraph(&amp;quot;\n\n&amp;quot;, Element.ALIGN_LEFT, Font.NORMAL));&lt;br /&gt;
    }&lt;br /&gt;
    document.add(mct);&lt;br /&gt;
    document.close();&lt;br /&gt;
    document.close();&lt;br /&gt;
  }&lt;br /&gt;
  private static Element newParagraph(String text, int alignment, int type) {&lt;br /&gt;
    Font font = FontFactory.getFont(BaseFont.HELVETICA, 10, type);&lt;br /&gt;
    Paragraph p = new Paragraph(text, font);&lt;br /&gt;
    p.setAlignment(alignment);&lt;br /&gt;
    p.setLeading(font.size() * 1.2f);&lt;br /&gt;
    return p;&lt;br /&gt;
  }&lt;br /&gt;
}&amp;lt;/source&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
    &lt;br /&gt;
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==  Set Column text ==&lt;br /&gt;
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  &amp;lt;!-- start source code --&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
   &lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;lt;source lang=&amp;quot;java&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;&lt;br /&gt;
import com.lowagie.text.Document;&lt;br /&gt;
import com.lowagie.text.Element;&lt;br /&gt;
import com.lowagie.text.PageSize;&lt;br /&gt;
import com.lowagie.text.Phrase;&lt;br /&gt;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.ColumnText;&lt;br /&gt;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfContentByte;&lt;br /&gt;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfWriter;&lt;br /&gt;
public class MainClass {&lt;br /&gt;
  public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {&lt;br /&gt;
    Document document = new Document(PageSize.A4);&lt;br /&gt;
    PdfWriter writer = PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new FileOutputStream(&amp;quot;2.pdf&amp;quot;));&lt;br /&gt;
    document.open();&lt;br /&gt;
    PdfContentByte cb = writer.getDirectContent();&lt;br /&gt;
    ColumnText ct = new ColumnText(cb);&lt;br /&gt;
    int status = ColumnText.START_COLUMN;&lt;br /&gt;
    ct.setSimpleColumn(36, 36, PageSize.A4.width() - 36, PageSize.A4.height() - 36, 18,&lt;br /&gt;
        Element.ALIGN_JUSTIFIED);&lt;br /&gt;
    Phrase p = new Phrase(&amp;quot;line&amp;quot;);&lt;br /&gt;
    ct.addText(p);&lt;br /&gt;
    float pos = ct.getYLine();&lt;br /&gt;
    status = ct.go(true);&lt;br /&gt;
    if (!ColumnText.hasMoreText(status)) {&lt;br /&gt;
      ct.addText(p);&lt;br /&gt;
      ct.setYLine(pos);&lt;br /&gt;
      ct.go(false);&lt;br /&gt;
    } else {&lt;br /&gt;
      document.newPage();&lt;br /&gt;
      ct.setText(p);&lt;br /&gt;
      ct.setYLine(PageSize.A4.height() - 36);&lt;br /&gt;
      ct.go();&lt;br /&gt;
    }&lt;br /&gt;
    document.close();&lt;br /&gt;
  }&lt;br /&gt;
}&amp;lt;/source&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
    &lt;br /&gt;
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  &amp;lt;!-- end source code --&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==  Using ColumnText ==&lt;br /&gt;
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  &amp;lt;!-- start source code --&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
   &lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;lt;source lang=&amp;quot;java&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
import java.io.BufferedReader;&lt;br /&gt;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;&lt;br /&gt;
import java.io.FileReader;&lt;br /&gt;
import com.lowagie.text.Document;&lt;br /&gt;
import com.lowagie.text.Element;&lt;br /&gt;
import com.lowagie.text.PageSize;&lt;br /&gt;
import com.lowagie.text.Phrase;&lt;br /&gt;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.ColumnText;&lt;br /&gt;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfContentByte;&lt;br /&gt;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfWriter;&lt;br /&gt;
public class MainClass {&lt;br /&gt;
  public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {&lt;br /&gt;
    Document document = new Document(PageSize.A4);&lt;br /&gt;
    PdfWriter writer = PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new FileOutputStream(&amp;quot;2.pdf&amp;quot;));&lt;br /&gt;
    document.open();&lt;br /&gt;
    PdfContentByte cb = writer.getDirectContent();&lt;br /&gt;
    ColumnText ct = new ColumnText(cb);&lt;br /&gt;
    BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(&amp;quot;a.txt&amp;quot;));&lt;br /&gt;
    String line;&lt;br /&gt;
    while ((line = reader.readLine()) != null) {&lt;br /&gt;
      ct.addText(new Phrase(line + &amp;quot;\n&amp;quot;));&lt;br /&gt;
    }&lt;br /&gt;
    reader.close();&lt;br /&gt;
    ct.setSimpleColumn(36, 36, PageSize.A4.width() - 36, PageSize.A4.height() - 36, 18,&lt;br /&gt;
        Element.ALIGN_JUSTIFIED);&lt;br /&gt;
    int status = ColumnText.START_COLUMN;&lt;br /&gt;
    while (ColumnText.hasMoreText(status)) {&lt;br /&gt;
      status = ct.go();&lt;br /&gt;
      ct.setYLine(PageSize.A4.height() - 36);&lt;br /&gt;
      document.newPage();&lt;br /&gt;
    }&lt;br /&gt;
    document.close();&lt;br /&gt;
  }&lt;br /&gt;
}&amp;lt;/source&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
    &lt;br /&gt;
   &lt;br /&gt;
  &amp;lt;!-- end source code --&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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