How to Edit Word Document in Java

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EditWordDocument.java

// Edit the Word DOC/DOCX documents in Java
Options.WordProcessingLoadOptions loadOptions = new WordProcessingLoadOptions();
loadOptions.setPassword("password-if-any");

Editor editor = new Editor("path/document.docx", loadOptions);
EditableDocument defaultWordProcessingDoc = editor.edit();

// Either edit using any WYSIWYG editor or edit programmatically
String allEmbeddedInsideString = defaultWordProcessingDoc.getEmbeddedHtml();
String allEmbeddedInsideStringEdited = allEmbeddedInsideString.replace("document", "edited document");

// Save the edited document
EditableDocument editedDoc = EditableDocument.fromMarkup(allEmbeddedInsideStringEdited, null);
WordProcessingSaveOptions saveOptions = new WordProcessingSaveOptions(WordProcessingFormats.Docx);
editor.save(editedDoc, "path/edited-document.docx", saveOptions);