import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import com.lowagie.text.Document;
import com.lowagie.text.Element;
import com.lowagie.text.PageSize;
import com.lowagie.text.Phrase;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.ColumnText;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfContentByte;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfWriter;
public class MainClass {
public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
Document document = new Document(PageSize.A4);
PdfWriter writer = PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new FileOutputStream("2.pdf"));
document.open();
PdfContentByte cb = writer.getDirectContent();
ColumnText ct = new ColumnText(cb);
int status = ColumnText.START_COLUMN;
ct.setSimpleColumn(36, 36, PageSize.A4.width() - 36, PageSize.A4.height() - 36, 18,
Element.ALIGN_JUSTIFIED);
Phrase p = new Phrase("line");
ct.addText(p);
float pos = ct.getYLine();
status = ct.go(true);
if (!ColumnText.hasMoreText(status)) {
ct.addText(p);
ct.setYLine(pos);
ct.go(false);
} else {
document.newPage();
ct.setText(p);
ct.setYLine(PageSize.A4.height() - 36);
ct.go();
}
document.close();
}
}