iText 5 PDF - How to change margin using document.setPageSize

To create PDF file we need iText 5 jar. Download iText Jars from iText Website or Maven Repository

Maven Dependency



 com.itextpdf
 itextpdf
 5.5.11

ChangeMargin.java

package com.javatutorialcorner.itextpdf;

import com.itextpdf.text.Document;
import com.itextpdf.text.DocumentException;
import com.itextpdf.text.PageSize;
import com.itextpdf.text.Paragraph;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfWriter;
 

import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;

public class ChangeMargin {
 
 public static final String DEST = "C:/JTC/ChangeMargin.pdf";
 
    public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException,
            DocumentException {
        File file = new File(DEST);
        file.getParentFile().mkdirs();
        new ChangeMargin().createPdf(DEST);
    }
 
 
 
    public void createPdf(String dest) throws IOException, DocumentException {
        float left = 30;
        float right = 30;
        float top = 60;
        float bottom = 0;
        Document document = new Document(PageSize.A4, left, right, top, bottom);
        PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new FileOutputStream(dest));
        document.open();
        document.setMargins(left, right, 0, bottom);
        for (int i = 0; i < 60; i++) {
            document.add(new Paragraph("This is a test"));
        }
        document.close();
    }
}

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