Find and Replace Text in Word using Java

find-replace-similar-words.java

// Load a Word DOCX document
Document doc = new Document("document.docx");
// Find and replace similar words in the document
FindReplaceOptions options = new FindReplaceOptions();
doc.getRange().replace(Pattern.compile("[B|S|M]ad"), "[replaced]", options);
// Save the Word document
doc.save("Find-And-Replace-Text.docx");

find-replace-text-footer.java

// Load a Word DOCX document
Document doc = new Document("document.docx");
// Access header footer collection
HeaderFooterCollection headersFooters = doc.getFirstSection().getHeadersFooters();
HeaderFooter footer = headersFooters.get(HeaderFooterType.FOOTER_PRIMARY);
// Set find and replace options
FindReplaceOptions options = new FindReplaceOptions();
options.setMatchCase(false);
options.setFindWholeWordsOnly(false);
footer.getRange().replace("This is footer of the document.", "Copyright (C) 2020 by Aspose Pty Ltd.", options);
// Save the Word document
doc.save("Find-And-Replace-Text.docx");

find-replace-text-in-Word.java

// Load a Word DOCX document
Document doc = new Document("document.docx");
// Find and replace text in the document
doc.getRange().replace("sad", "[replaced]", new FindReplaceOptions(FindReplaceDirection.FORWARD));
// Save the Word document
doc.save("Find-And-Replace-Text.docx");

find-replace-text-metachars.java

// Load a Word DOCX document
Document doc = new Document("document.docx");
// Set options
FindReplaceOptions options = new FindReplaceOptions();
// Disable matching case and finding whole words only
options.setMatchCase(false);
options.setFindWholeWordsOnly(false);
// Replace text with paragraph break
doc.getRange().replace("First paragraph ends.&pSecond paragraph starts.", "[replaced]", options);
// Save the Word document
doc.save("Find-And-Replace-Text.docx");