Editor for Java

Edit documents
via Java API

Powerful editor API to manipulate PDF, Microsoft Office, HTML, and image files.

Version 24.9 released

// {code.comment_1}
// Instantiate Editor object by loading the input file
Editor editor = new Editor(inputFilePath);
// Open input document for edit
EditableDocument beforeEdit = editor.edit();

// Grab document content
String content = beforeEdit.getContent();

dotnet add package GroupDocs.Editor

GroupDocs.Editor at a glance

API to edit, translate, and save documents, slides, and diagrams in Java applications.

Effortlessly edit multiple documents in Java

Seamlessly edit multiple PDF and Office files with support for a wide range of formats. GroupDocs.Editor for Java makes document editing fast and hassle-free.

Translate documents to HTML/CSS

Translate documents to HTML/CSS markup compatible with WYSIWYG editors, allowing easy and efficient document editing in a web environment.

Save edited documents in various formats

Save your edited documents back to their original format or export them to other formats such as PDF, ensuring flexibility and compatibility.

Platform independence

GroupDocs.Editor for Java supports the following operating systems, frameworks, and package managers.

Supported file formats

GroupDocs.Editor for Java supports operations with the following file formats.

Microsoft Office formats

Word: DOC, DOCX, DOCM, DOT, DOTX, DOTM, RTF, TXT
Excel: XLS, XLSX, XLSM, XLSB, XLTM, XLTX, XLT, XLAM
PowerPoint: PPT, PPTX, PPS, PPSX, ODP, OTP

Documents

Documents: PDF,
OpenDocument: ODT, OTT, ODS
eBook: EPUB

Other formats

Web: HTML, MHTML, MHT, MARKDOWN

GroupDocs.Editor features

Seamlessly edit, translate, and save PDF and Office documents.

Edit files

Edit the content of various document formats including PDF, DOCX, XLSX, PPTX, and more.

Translate to HTML/CSS

Convert documents to HTML/CSS for easy editing with WYSIWYG editors like CKEditor or TinyMCE.

Save edited documents

Save the edited HTML/CSS back to the original document format or export to PDF.

Extract document information

Extract information such as page count, size, and encryption status from documents.

Support for various formats

Edit a wide range of document formats including Microsoft Office files, PDFs, and more.

Password protection

Edit password-protected documents with ease.

Custom document encoding

Specify document encoding during editing and saving processes.

Font extraction

Extract fonts from documents for use in the editing process.

Preview pages

Generate image representations of document pages to better understand content and structure.

Code samples

Some use cases of typical GroupDocs.Editor for Java operations.

Edit specific DOCX file content

The Document Editing feature allows you to load, edit, and save DOCX files. Here’s an example of how to achieve document editing using Java:

How to edit DOCX files in Java

// Instantiate Editor object by loading the input file
Editor editor = new Editor(inputFilePath);
// Open input document for edit — obtain an intermediate document, that can be edited
EditableDocument beforeEdit = editor.edit();

// Grab document content and associated resources from editable document
String content = beforeEdit.getContent();

Edit form fields in a Word document

Easily edit form fields within a Word document using GroupDocs.Editor for Java. Here’s how to edit form fields in a Word document using Java:

How to edit form fields in a Word document using GroupDocs.Editor for Java

Editor editorDocx = new Editor(docxInputFilePath);

// Check it
IDocumentInfo infoDocx = editorDocx.getDocumentInfo(null);
if (infoDocx instanceof WordProcessingDocumentInfo) {
    isWordProcessing = "yes";
}

Edit documents
via Java API

Edit document files in Java

GroupDocs.Editor at a glance

Effortlessly edit multiple documents in Java

Translate documents to HTML/CSS

Save edited documents in various formats

Platform independence

Supported file formats

Microsoft Office formats

Documents

Other formats

GroupDocs.Editor features

Code samples

Edit specific DOCX file content

How to edit DOCX files in Java

Edit form fields in a Word document

How to edit form fields in a Word document using GroupDocs.Editor for Java

Ready to get started?

Edit documentsvia Java API

Edit document files in Java

GroupDocs.Editor at a glance

Effortlessly edit multiple documents in Java

Translate documents to HTML/CSS

Save edited documents in various formats

Platform independence

Supported file formats

Microsoft Office formats

Documents

Other formats

GroupDocs.Editor features

Code samples

Edit specific DOCX file content

How to edit DOCX files in Java

Edit form fields in a Word document

How to edit form fields in a Word document using GroupDocs.Editor for Java

Ready to get started?

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Edit documents
via Java API