How To: Create New Paragraph Style

Feb 24, 2025

The following example shows how to create a paragraph style.

To create a paragraph style, follow the steps below.

Create a new paragraph style using the ParagraphStyleCollection.CreateNew method.
Specify the required style settings using the corresponding ParagraphStyle instance properties.
Add it to the ParagraphStyleCollection, accessible through the Document.ParagraphStyles property. To do that, use the ParagraphStyleCollection.Add method. The following code snippet creates a new paragraph style via the ParagraphStyleCollection.CreateNew method, specifies style settings, adds it to the document style collection and applies the style to the currently selected paragraph.

Styles.cs
Styles.vb

csharp

document.LoadDocument("Grimm.docx", DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.DocumentFormat.Docx);
ParagraphStyle pstyle = document.ParagraphStyles["MyPStyle"];
if (pstyle == null)
{
    pstyle = document.ParagraphStyles.CreateNew();
    pstyle.Name = "MyPStyle";
    pstyle.LineSpacingType = ParagraphLineSpacing.Double;
    pstyle.Alignment = ParagraphAlignment.Center;
    document.ParagraphStyles.Add(pstyle);
}
document.Paragraphs[2].Style = pstyle;

document.LoadDocument("Grimm.docx", DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.DocumentFormat.Docx)
Dim pstyle As ParagraphStyle = document.ParagraphStyles("MyPStyle")
If pstyle Is Nothing Then
    pstyle = document.ParagraphStyles.CreateNew()
    pstyle.Name = "MyPStyle"
    pstyle.LineSpacingType = ParagraphLineSpacing.Double
    pstyle.Alignment = ParagraphAlignment.Center
    document.ParagraphStyles.Add(pstyle)
End If
document.Paragraphs(2).Style = pstyle