Java Create Table in Word Document

In Word documents, tables can not only make the text content more concise, but also make the data display more intuitive. This article will demonstrate a convenient way to create table in a Word document by using Free Spire.Doc for Java.

Installation

Step 1: Download the Free Spire.Doc for Java and unzip it.

Step 2: Add the Spire.Doc.jar file to your project as dependency. In addition, you can also add the jar dependency to maven project by adding the following configurations to the pom.xml.

<repositories>
   <repository>
      <id>com.e-iceblue</id>
      <name>e-iceblue</name>
      <url>http://repo.e-iceblue.com/nexus/content/groups/public/</url>
   </repository>
</repositories>
<dependencies>
   <dependency>
      <groupId>e-iceblue</groupId>
      <artifactId>spire.doc.free</artifactId>
      <version>2.7.3</version>
   </dependency>
</dependencies>

Create Table in Word:

import com.spire.doc.*;
import com.spire.doc.documents.*;
import com.spire.doc.fields.TextRange;

import java.awt.*;

public class CreateTable {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        //Create a Document object
        Document document = new Document();
        //Add a section
        Section section = document.addSection();

        //Data used to create table
        String[] header = {"Name", "Capital", "Continent", "Area", "Population"};
        String[][] data =
                {
                        new String[]{"Argentina", "Buenos Aires", "South America", "2777815", "32300003"},
                        new String[]{"Bolivia", "La Paz", "South America", "1098575", "7300000"},
                        new String[]{"Brazil", "Brasilia", "South America", "8511196", "150400000"},
                        new String[]{"Canada", "Ottawa", "North America", "9976147", "26500000"},
                        new String[]{"Chile", "Santiago", "South America", "756943", "13200000"},
                        new String[]{"Colombia", "Bogota", "South America", "1138907", "33000000"},
                        new String[]{"Cuba", "Havana", "North America", "114524", "10600000"},
                        new String[]{"Ecuador", "Quito", "South America", "455502", "10600000"},
                        new String[]{"El Salvador", "San Salvador", "North America", "20865", "5300000"},
                        new String[]{"Guyana", "Georgetown", "South America", "214969", "800000"},
                        new String[]{"Jamaica", "Kingston", "North America", "11424", "2500000"},
                        new String[]{"Mexico", "Mexico City", "North America", "1967180", "88600000"},
                        new String[]{"Nicaragua", "Managua", "North America", "139000", "3900000"},
                        new String[]{"Paraguay", "Asuncion", "South America", "406576", "4660000"},
                        new String[]{"Peru", "Lima", "South America", "1285215", "21600000"},
                        new String[]{"America", "Washington", "North America", "9363130", "249200000"},
                        new String[]{"Uruguay", "Montevideo", "South America", "176140", "3002000"},
                        new String[]{"Venezuela", "Caracas", "South America", "912047", "19700000"}
                };

        //Add table
        Table table = section.addTable(true);
        table.resetCells(data.length + 1, header.length);

        //Set the first row as table header and add data
        TableRow row = table.getRows().get(0);
        row.isHeader(true);
        row.setHeight(20);
        row.setHeightType(TableRowHeightType.Exactly);
        row.getRowFormat().setBackColor(Color.gray);
        for (int i = 0; i < header.length; i++) {
            row.getCells().get(i).getCellFormat().setVerticalAlignment(VerticalAlignment.Middle);
            Paragraph p = row.getCells().get(i).addParagraph();
            p.getFormat().setHorizontalAlignment(HorizontalAlignment.Center);
            TextRange txtRange = p.appendText(header[i]);
            txtRange.getCharacterFormat().setBold(true);
        }

        //Add data to the rest of rows
        for (int r = 0; r < data.length; r++) {
            TableRow dataRow = table.getRows().get(r + 1);
            dataRow.setHeight(25);
            dataRow.setHeightType(TableRowHeightType.Exactly);
            dataRow.getRowFormat().setBackColor(Color.white);
            for (int c = 0; c < data[r].length; c++) {
                dataRow.getCells().get(c).getCellFormat().setVerticalAlignment(VerticalAlignment.Middle);
                dataRow.getCells().get(c).addParagraph().appendText(data[r][c]);
            }
        }

        //Set background color for cells
        for (int j = 1; j < table.getRows().getCount(); j++) {
            if (j % 2 == 0) {
                TableRow row2 = table.getRows().get(j);
                for (int f = 0; f < row2.getCells().getCount(); f++) {
                    row2.getCells().get(f).getCellFormat().setBackColor(new Color(173, 216, 230));
                }
            }
        }

        //save the document
        document.saveToFile("CreateTable.docx", FileFormat.Docx_2013);
    }
}

Output: