How to format the text in a word document using Java

Problem Description

How to format the text in a word document using Java.

Solution

Following is the program to format the text in a word document using Java.

import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;

import org.apache.poi.xwpf.usermodel.VerticalAlign;
import org.apache.poi.xwpf.usermodel.XWPFDocument;
import org.apache.poi.xwpf.usermodel.XWPFParagraph;
import org.apache.poi.xwpf.usermodel.XWPFRun;

public class FormatTextInWord {
   public static void main(String[] args)throws Exception {

      //Blank Document
      XWPFDocument document = new XWPFDocument();

      //Write the Document in file system
      FileOutputStream out = new FileOutputStream(new File("C:/poiword/fontstyle.docx"));
      
      //create paragraph
      XWPFParagraph paragraph = document.createParagraph();

      //Set Bold an Italic
      XWPFRun paragraphOneRunOne = paragraph.createRun();
      
      paragraphOneRunOne.setBold(true);
      paragraphOneRunOne.setItalic(true);
      paragraphOneRunOne.setText("Font Style");
      paragraphOneRunOne.addBreak();

      //Set text Position
      XWPFRun paragraphOneRunTwo = paragraph.createRun();
      
      paragraphOneRunTwo.setText("Font Style two");
      paragraphOneRunTwo.setTextPosition(100);
  
      //Set Strike through and Font Size and Subscript
      XWPFRun paragraphOneRunThree = paragraph.createRun();
      
      paragraphOneRunThree.setStrike(true);
      paragraphOneRunThree.setFontSize(20);
      paragraphOneRunThree.setSubscript(VerticalAlign.SUBSCRIPT);
      paragraphOneRunThree.setText(" Different Font Styles");

      document.write(out);
      out.close();
      
      System.out.println("fontstyle.docx written successully");
   }
}

Output