Thanks for the replies. Unfortunately, I don't just want to tack one document onto the end of another document. I want to search for a particular word/phrase in the first document and replace that with the entire contents of the second document. That means that if I find the text to be replaced inside of a particular run, I need to preserve all of the contents of the runs before that run, insert all of the contents from the merged-in document at the place where run that contains the text-to-be-replaced resides, and then preserve all of the contents of the runs that come after.
Thanks again. ~Cory On Mon, Aug 8, 2016 at 5:19 AM, Murphy, Mark <murphym...@metalexmfg.com> wrote: > That depends on what you mean by merge. Are you just trying to append > document B onto the end of Document A, or are you trying to mix them > together in some specific way? > > Appending should be just a matter of reading through the document body of > Document B, and copying the elements to Document A. I wouldn't look for > just paragraphs, but all elements. That way you shouldn't lose anything. > The main thing you will have to watch out for is sections. These aren't > handled well right now (ok, not handled at all). If there is one section in > the document, the section element will be found at the end of the document, > and must remain there. If there are multiple sections, all but the last > section element will be found in the last paragraph properties element of > the section. > > Just remember, the Word interface is still unstable, and subject to > significant changes. And there is still much that has to be accomplished > down in the weeds of the CT_ interfaces. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Cory Newey [mailto:cory.ne...@gmail.com] > Sent: Sunday, August 07, 2016 4:30 PM > To: user@poi.apache.org > Subject: Merge Word docx into another Word dox via XWPFDocument - > preserving formatting > > Hello All: > > I've tried to check the FAQ for this question and was unable to find > anything. I'm not sure if this should be a question for the developers' > list; I couldn't really tell from the brief description of the various > lists. Anyway, I figured I'd ask the question here and you guys could > bounce me over to the developers' list if that is the appropriate place for > this question. > > I have written a program that will merge changes (replace certain words > with other words/phrases) into a Word (docx) document using XWPFDocument. > But now I want to replace words/sections of one Word document with an > entire other Word document. I've tried to update my program so that it > iterates through the paragraphs/runs of the document to be merged in. It > merges the text just fine but it loses all formatting, tables, etc. I've > googled the question and found a few Stack-Overflow posts that talked about > it, but nothing was of any use to me. > > My question is: is it possible to merge one Word document into another > Word document, such that it copies all formatting, tables, etc from the > merged-in document (minus any headers/footers - that would be a little > impossible I think) into the merged-into document - using the XWPFDocument > object? > > Thanks in advance for any help. > ~Cory >
