How to set first line of paragraph HEADING2 and rest normal text

Question

I'm using Google Apps Script to iterate through my contacts and print name, address, email and phone numbers to a document.

I want the name in style "Heading 2" and the rest in style "Normal text".

How can I do this?

Here's what I've got so far but it makes the whole paragraph Heading 2, instead of just the name.

var myContacts = ContactsApp.findContactGroup('Some group').getContacts();

for (i=0; i < myContacts.length; i++)
{    

  var fullName = myContacts[i].getFullName();
  if (fullName == '')
    fullName = 'Anonymous';

  var contactPara = doc.appendParagraph(fullName);
  contactPara.setHeading(DocumentApp.ParagraphHeading.HEADING2);    

  var homeAddresses = myContacts[i].getAddresses(ContactsApp.Field.HOME_ADDRESS);

  var homeAddress = '';
  if (homeAddresses.length > 0)
    contactPara.appendText('\n' + homeAddresses[0].getAddress());

  contactPara.appendText('\n' + 'Email: ' + myContacts[i].getPrimaryEmail());

  var mobilePhones = myContacts[i].getPhones(ContactsApp.Field.MOBILE_PHONE);    
  if (mobilePhones.length > 0)
    contactPara.appendText('\n' + 'Mobile phone: ' + mobilePhones[0].getPhoneNumber());        

  var homePhones = myContacts[i].getPhones(ContactsApp.Field.HOME_PHONE);    
  if (homePhones.length > 0)
    contactPara.appendText('\n' + 'Home phone: ' + homePhones[0].getPhoneNumber());            

  var workPhones = myContacts[i].getPhones(ContactsApp.Field.WORK_PHONE);    
  if (workPhones.length > 0)
    contactPara.appendText('\n' + 'Work phone: ' + workPhones[0].getPhoneNumber());         

}

Alternatively, if there's a better way to do what I want them please suggest it.

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 02 '13 at 13:00

You initially set the style throughout the paragraph, and then add back the text.

You can create 2 section: for the fullName

var headPara = doc.appendParagraph(fullName);
headPara.setHeading(DocumentApp.ParagraphHeading.HEADING2);

and new paragraph with normal style for content

var contactPara = doc.appendParagraph(' ').setHeading(DocumentApp.ParagraphHeading.NORMAL);

Result

  var myContacts = ContactsApp.getContacts();

  for (i=0; i < myContacts.length; i++)
  {    

    var fullName = myContacts[i].getFullName();
    if (fullName == '')
      fullName = 'Anonymous';

    var headPara = doc.appendParagraph(fullName);
    headPara.setHeading(DocumentApp.ParagraphHeading.HEADING2);    

    var contactPara = doc.appendParagraph(' ').setHeading(DocumentApp.ParagraphHeading.NORMAL);
    var homeAddresses = myContacts[i].getAddresses(ContactsApp.Field.HOME_ADDRESS);

    var homeAddress = '';
    if (homeAddresses.length > 0)
      contactPara.appendText('\n' + homeAddresses[0].getAddress());

    contactPara.appendText('\n' + 'Email: ' + myContacts[i].getPrimaryEmail());

    var mobilePhones = myContacts[i].getPhones(ContactsApp.Field.MOBILE_PHONE);    
    if (mobilePhones.length > 0)
      contactPara.appendText('\n' + 'Mobile phone: ' + mobilePhones[0].getPhoneNumber());        

    var homePhones = myContacts[i].getPhones(ContactsApp.Field.HOME_PHONE);    
    if (homePhones.length > 0)
      contactPara.appendText('\n' + 'Home phone: ' + homePhones[0].getPhoneNumber());            

    var workPhones = myContacts[i].getPhones(ContactsApp.Field.WORK_PHONE);    
    if (workPhones.length > 0)
      contactPara.appendText('\n' + 'Work phone: ' + workPhones[0].getPhoneNumber());         

  }

For some reason I thought it wouldn't look good as two separate paragraphs. But it's ok. Thanks. — cja, Jul 02 '13 at 13:21
@cja If you want to have everything in one paragraph You can after each appendText() to add the appropriate style. Example: `contactPara.appendText(fullName).setBold(true).setFontSize(20); ... contactPara.appendText(email).setBold(false).setFontSize(10);` — Rudolf Manusachi, Jul 02 '13 at 14:11
Thanks, but I want to use the defined "Normal text" style to allow for configuring styles in the document rather than in code. — cja, Jul 02 '13 at 15:37

How to set first line of paragraph HEADING2 and rest normal text

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