diff --git a/zaaReloaded2/Formatter/DocumentWriter.cs b/zaaReloaded2/Formatter/DocumentWriter.cs
index 6953f92..51dad02 100755
--- a/zaaReloaded2/Formatter/DocumentWriter.cs
+++ b/zaaReloaded2/Formatter/DocumentWriter.cs
@@ -53,6 +53,12 @@ namespace zaaReloaded2.Formatter
         /// </summary>
         public bool HasBufferedText { get { return _buffer.Length > 0; } }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets or sets the desired paragraph style when flushing into
+        /// a Document.
+        /// </summary>
+        public string ParagraphStyle { get; set; }
+
         #endregion
 
         #region Constructors
@@ -113,7 +119,13 @@ namespace zaaReloaded2.Formatter
 
             if (Document != null)
             {
-                Document.Range().Text = _buffer.ToString();
+                Document.ActiveWindow.Selection.ClearCharacterDirectFormatting();
+                Document.ActiveWindow.Selection.ClearParagraphDirectFormatting();
+                if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(ParagraphStyle))
+                {
+                    Document.ActiveWindow.Selection.set_Style(ParagraphStyle);
+                }
+                Document.ActiveWindow.Selection.Range.Text = _buffer.ToString();
             }
             if (Parent != null)
             {
diff --git a/zaaReloaded2/Formatter/Formatter.cs b/zaaReloaded2/Formatter/Formatter.cs
index cb2724f..b7bc89c 100755
--- a/zaaReloaded2/Formatter/Formatter.cs
+++ b/zaaReloaded2/Formatter/Formatter.cs
@@ -145,6 +145,8 @@ namespace zaaReloaded2.Formatter
                     current++;
                 }
             }
+            CreateParagraphStyle();
+            _secondaryBuffer.ParagraphStyle = zaaReloaded2.Properties.Settings.Default.ParagraphStyleName;
             _secondaryBuffer.Flush();
         }
 
@@ -206,6 +208,34 @@ namespace zaaReloaded2.Formatter
             ProcessAllTimePoints(controlElement.FormatElements);
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Creates a zaaReloaded2 paragraph style in the document.
+        /// </summary>
+        public void CreateParagraphStyle()
+        {
+            if (Document != null)
+            {
+                Style style;
+                // Don't see a better way to check for the existence of a particular
+                // paragraph style than by using a try...catch construction.
+                try
+                {
+                    style = Document.Styles[Properties.Settings.Default.ParagraphStyleName];
+                }
+                catch
+                {
+                    style = Document.Styles.Add(Properties.Settings.Default.ParagraphStyleName);
+                    style.Font.Size = 10; // pt
+                    style.Font.Bold = 0;
+                    style.Font.Italic = 0;
+                    style.Font.Underline = 0;
+                    style.ParagraphFormat.LeftIndent = 36; // pt
+                    style.ParagraphFormat.FirstLineIndent = -36; // pt
+                    style.ParagraphFormat.Alignment = WdParagraphAlignment.wdAlignParagraphJustify;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
         #endregion
 
         #region Protected methods
diff --git a/zaaReloaded2/Properties/Settings.Designer.cs b/zaaReloaded2/Properties/Settings.Designer.cs
index 902836a..1a3bccc 100755
--- a/zaaReloaded2/Properties/Settings.Designer.cs
+++ b/zaaReloaded2/Properties/Settings.Designer.cs
@@ -245,5 +245,14 @@ namespace zaaReloaded2.Properties {
                 this["LastSettings"] = value;
             }
         }
+        
+        [global::System.Configuration.ApplicationScopedSettingAttribute()]
+        [global::System.Diagnostics.DebuggerNonUserCodeAttribute()]
+        [global::System.Configuration.DefaultSettingValueAttribute("zaaReloaded2-Laborwerte")]
+        public string ParagraphStyleName {
+            get {
+                return ((string)(this["ParagraphStyleName"]));
+            }
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/zaaReloaded2/Properties/Settings.settings b/zaaReloaded2/Properties/Settings.settings
index 0fab6e4..d8eee1d 100755
--- a/zaaReloaded2/Properties/Settings.settings
+++ b/zaaReloaded2/Properties/Settings.settings
@@ -74,5 +74,8 @@
     <Setting Name="LastSettings" Type="System.Guid" Scope="User">
       <Value Profile="(Default)">00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000</Value>
     </Setting>
+    <Setting Name="ParagraphStyleName" Type="System.String" Scope="Application">
+      <Value Profile="(Default)">zaaReloaded2-Laborwerte</Value>
+    </Setting>
   </Settings>
 </SettingsFile>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/zaaReloaded2/app.config b/zaaReloaded2/app.config
index a0c5181..abffe24 100755
--- a/zaaReloaded2/app.config
+++ b/zaaReloaded2/app.config
@@ -92,6 +92,9 @@
             <setting name="DefaultItemsDrugs" serializeAs="String">
                 <value>Medikamente: TAC, CSA, SIR, Vancomycin, Gentamicin, Tobramicin</value>
             </setting>
+            <setting name="ParagraphStyleName" serializeAs="String">
+                <value>zaaReloaded2-Laborwerte</value>
+            </setting>
         </zaaReloaded2.Properties.Settings>
     </applicationSettings>
     <userSettings>