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Add Vertical Text to Word in Java


You can add vertical text in Microsoft Word by adding a textbox, typing your text in the textbox and then setting the direction of the text. Another way to add vertical text is to type it into a table cell. In this article, I am going to show you how to achieve the same programmatically in Java.

Add Dependencies

In order to add vertical text to Word, I use Free Spire.Doc for Java library. There are two ways to include Free Spire.Doc for Java in your Java project:

For maven projects:

Add the following dependency to your project’s pom.xml file:

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<repositories>   
    <repository>   
        <id>com.e-iceblue</id>   
        <name>e-iceblue</name>   
        <url>http://repo.e-iceblue.com/nexus/content/groups/public/</url>   
    </repository>   
</repositories>   
<dependencies>   
    <dependency>   
        <groupId> e-iceblue </groupId>   
        <artifactId>spire.doc.free</artifactId>   
        <version>3.9.0</version>   
    </dependency>   
</dependencies>

The latest version of Free Spire.Doc for Java is 3.9.0 (at the time of writing this article).

For non-maven projects:

Download Free Spire.Doc for Java pack from here: Download- Free Spire.Doc for Java, extract the zip file, then add Spire.Doc.jar in the lib folder into your project as a dependency.

Add vertical text in textbox

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import com.spire.doc.Document;
import com.spire.doc.FileFormat;
import com.spire.doc.Section;
import com.spire.doc.ShapeVerticalAlignment;
import com.spire.doc.documents.*;
import com.spire.doc.fields.TextBox;
import com.spire.doc.fields.TextRange;
 
import java.awt.*;
import java.io.IOException;
 
public class AddVerticalTextToTextBox {
    public static void main(String []args) throws IOException {
        //Create a Document instance
        Document document = new Document();
        //Add a section
        Section section = document.addSection();
        //Add a paragraph to the section
        Paragraph paragraph = section.addParagraph();
 
        //Add a texbox to the paragraph
        TextBox textBox = paragraph.appendTextBox(50, 100);
 
        //Fix the position of the textbox
        textBox.getFormat().setNoLine(true);
        textBox.getFormat().setHorizontalOrigin(HorizontalOrigin.Page);
        textBox.getFormat().setHorizontalPosition(250);
        textBox.getFormat().setVerticalOrigin(VerticalOrigin.Page);
        textBox.getFormat().setVerticalPosition(50);
         
        textBox.getFormat().setTextAnchor(ShapeVerticalAlignment.Center);
        //Set text direction
        textBox.getFormat().setLayoutFlowAlt(TextDirection.Left_To_Right);
 
        //Add text to the textbox
        Paragraph textboxPara = textBox.getBody().addParagraph();
        TextRange textRange = textboxPara.appendText("This is sample text.");
        textRange.getCharacterFormat().setFontName("Calibri");
        textRange.getCharacterFormat().setFontSize(11);
        textRange.getCharacterFormat().setTextColor(Color.black);
 
        //Save the document
        document.saveToFile("AddVerticalTextToTextbox.docx", FileFormat.Docx_2013);
        document.dispose();
    }
}

Output:

Add Vertical Text To Textbox

Add vertical text in table cell

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import com.spire.doc.*;
import com.spire.doc.documents.RowAlignment;
import com.spire.doc.documents.TextDirection;
import com.spire.doc.fields.TextRange;
 
import java.awt.*;
import java.io.IOException;
 
public class AddVerticalTextToTableCell {
    public static void main(String []args) throws IOException {
        //Create a Document instance
        Document document = new Document();
        //Add a section
        Section section = document.addSection();
        //Set text direction for all text in a section
        //section.setTextDirection( TextDirection.Left_To_Right);
         
        //Add a table
        Table table = section.addTable();
        table.resetCells(1, 1);
        table.getTableFormat().setHorizontalAlignment(RowAlignment.Center);
        TableCell cell = table.getRows().get(0).getCells().get(0);
        table.getRows().get(0).setHeight(150);
        table.getRows().get(0).getCells().get(0).setWidth(50);
        //Set text direction
        cell.getCellFormat().setTextDirection(TextDirection.Left_To_Right);
        //Add text to table cell
        TextRange textRange = cell.addParagraph().appendText("This is sample text.");
        textRange.getCharacterFormat().setFontName("Calibri");
        textRange.getCharacterFormat().setFontSize(11);
        textRange.getCharacterFormat().setTextColor(Color.black);
         
        //Save the document
        document.saveToFile("AddVerticalTextToTableCell.docx", FileFormat.Docx_2013);
        document.dispose();
    }
}

Output:

Add Vertical Text To Table Cell

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