Edit DOCM in Java

Effective and robust DOCM editing using server side GroupDocs.Editor for Java APIs, without the use of any software like Microsoft or Open Office.


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About GroupDocs.Editor for Java API

GroupDocs.Editor for Java API is a right choice to edit Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Open Office documents and presentations. GroupDocs.Editor is a standalone API that is suitable for server side and back-end systems where high performance is required. It does not depend on any software like Microsoft or Open Office.

Steps to Edit DOCM in Java

GroupDocs.Editor for Java provides an easy and straightforward way for developers to edit the DOCM files using a few lines of code.

  • Create an instance of Editor class with mandatory file path or stream and optional WordProcessingLoadOptions class and load the DOCM file
  • Create & set the WordProcessingEditOptions class instance for the DOCM file format
  • Call Editor.Edit() method and obtain DOCM document in HTML format that is easily editable with any WYSIWYG-editor.
  • Call Editor.Save() method and save edited DOCM file using WordProcessingSaveOptions class

System Requirements

A basic document editing with GroupDocs.Editor for Java APIs can be done by implementing a few easy steps. Our APIs are supported on all major platforms and operating systems. Before executing the code below, please make sure that you have the following prerequisites installed on your system.

  • Operating Systems: Microsoft Windows, Linux, MacOS
  • Development Environments: NetBeans, IntelliJ IDEA, Eclipse
  • Frameworks: Java 7 (1.7) and above
  • Get the latest version of GroupDocs.Editor for Java downloaded from Maven

// Load the DOCM file into Editor with the optional WordProcessingLoadOptions
Editor editor = new Editor("source.docm", new WordProcessingLoadOptions());

// Create and adjust the edit options
WordProcessingEditOptions editOptions = new WordProcessingEditOptions();

// Open input DOCM document for edit — obtain an intermediate document, that can be edited
EditableDocument beforeEdit = editor.edit(editOptions);

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

// Send the content to WYSIWYG-editor, edit it there, and send edited content back to the server-side
// This step simulates a such operation
string updatedContent = content.replace("Subtitle", "Edited subtitle");

// Grab edited content and resources from WYSIWYG-editor and create a new EditableDocument instance from it
EditableDocument afterEdit = EditableDocument.fromMarkup(updatedContent, null);

// Create a save options and select a desired output format
WordProcessingSaveOptions saveOptions = new WordProcessingSaveOptions(WordProcessingFormats.Docm);

// Save edited DOCM document to the file
editor.save(afterEdit, "edited.docm", saveOptions);

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Other Supported Editors

You can also edit other file formats. Please see the complete list below.

DOC

(Microsoft Word Binary Format)

DOCX

(Office 2007+ Word Document)

DOTX

(Microsoft Word Template File )

XLS

(Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet (Legacy))

XLSX

(Open XML Workbook)

XLSM

(Macro-enabled Spreadsheet)

PPT

(Microsoft PowerPoint 97-2003)

PPTX

(Open XML presentation Format)

PPTM

(Macro-enabled Presentation File)

MOBI

(Open Ebook Format)

EPUB

(Open eBook File)

HTML

(Hyper Text Markup Language)

MHTML

(Web Page Archive Format)

TXT

(Text Document)

XML

(XML File)

CSV

(Comma Seperated Values)

RTF

(Rich Text Format)

ODT

(OpenDocument Text File Format)

MSG

(Outlook Message Item File)

EML

(E-Mail Message)

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