Convert Word DOCX to HTML in Java

Convert Word to HTML in Java

This blog post is for you if you want to develop a Word DOCX to HTML web page converter for your business application. You may install this Java Word library to convert Docx files to other popular formats such as HTML, PNG, PDF, and more. However, by the end of this tutorial, you should have a good knowledge of this file conversion Java library. Therefore, let’s start the article and learn how to convert Word to HTML in Java programmatically.

The following points will be covered:

Java Word DOCX Converter Library Installation

The installation process of this library is very developer-friendly as you find comprehensive documentation regarding development and installation. So, you can download the JAR file or install this library using the following Maven configurations.

<repository>
   <id>AsposeJavaAPI</id>
   <name>Aspose Java API</name>
   <url>https://releases.aspose.com/java/repo/</url>
 </repository> 
<dependency>
  <groupId>com.aspose</groupId>
  <artifactId>aspose-words</artifactId>
  <version>22.10</version>
  <classifier>jdk17</classifier>
</dependency>

Convert Word DOCX to HTML in Java

You are all set to go for writing source code in your Java application to build Word to HTML converter programmatically.

Following are the steps to convert Word to HTML in Java:

  1. Create an instance of the Document class and load the source Word file.
  2. Initialize an object of the HtmlSaveOptions class to specify additional options when saving a document into the HTML formats.
  3. Invoke the setExportRoundtripInformation to specify whether to write the roundtrip information when saving to HTML.
  4. If the value of the setExportFontResources method is true, font resources will be exported to HTML.
  5. Call the setExportFontsAsBase64 method to specify whether font resources should be embedded in HTML in Base64 encoding.
  6. Now, the save method will save the Word document in the HTML format.

Copy & paste the following code into your main file to convert DOCX document to HTML web page in Java:

The output can be seen in the image below:

word DOCX to html java

Get a Free License

You can avail free temporary license to try the API without evaluation limitations.

Summing up

We can end this blog post here. Hopefully, you have enjoyed the article and have learned how to convert Word DOCX to HTML in Java programmatically. There are many other features exposed by this Java Word library so do not forget to visit the documentation.

Moreover, we suggest you follow our Getting Started guide.

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FAQs

How do I convert a DOCX to HTML?

Create an instance of the Document class, load the source Word file, and call the save method to save the Word DOCX file in HTML format.

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