- 1). Download iText from the link in the References section below. Then open iText.
- 2). Type in the new document code "Document document = new Document();."
This will initiate iText into creating the new document. - 3). Type in the code to access the writer. The code is "PdfWriter pdfWriter = PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new FileOutputStream("filename.pdf"));."
You will now be able to type in the document. In the code, file name is actually where the name of the file goes, so feel free to make it what you would like to title the PDF. - 4). Open the document by typing the code "document.open();."
- 5). Start typing your document. At the head of each new paragraph, the code "document.add(new Paragraph" needs to be used. The text of your paragraph needs to be in parentheses, so the start of every paragraph would be something like "document.add(new Paragraph(This is the beginning of my paragraph...().
Please note the (). is the close command. - 6). Close out the file when completed. It will now be able to be read in any program which reads PDFs, such as Adobe Acrobat, Microsoft Word and Corel Word Perfect