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Set margins with Apache poi

Using Apache poi to create a basic word document, I need to change the page margins. The answer to this question seems perfect, but I don't have the CTPageMar class. I'm using 3.10. Anyone had any luck with this with different versions, or different methods?

Solution

  • Thanks to Gagravarr for pointing me in the right direction. Seems I didn't have the full ooxml-schemas-1.1.jar. This code now sets the margins perfectly

     CTSectPr sectPr = document.getDocument().getBody().addNewSectPr();
 CTPageMar pageMar = sectPr.addNewPgMar();
 pageMar.setLeft(BigInteger.valueOf(720L));
 pageMar.setTop(BigInteger.valueOf(360L));
 pageMar.setRight(BigInteger.valueOf(720L));
 pageMar.setBottom(BigInteger.valueOf(360L));

    Not sure what the units are, but 720 corresponds to half an inch!