This article guides on how to merge cells in Word using Java. It has the IDE settings, a list of steps, and a sample code showing how to merge tables in Word using Java. It uses a predefined method and shows the use of this method to combine a range of cells in the target table.

Steps to Combine Cells in Word using Java

1. Set the environment to use Aspose.Words for Java to combine table cells
2. Add the predefined method mergeCells() into your application
3. Load the source Word document with a table in it
4. Access the target table from the loaded Word file
5. Create a reference to the starting and ending cells that you want to merge
6. Call the mergeCells() method and provide the starting and ending cell
7. Save the modified Word file

These steps define how to combine tables in Word using Java. Add the predefined method in your application, load the source Word file into the Document class object, get the reference of the target table, and define the starting/ending cells of the range you want to merge. Finally, call the mergeCells() method that updates the loaded Word file and saves it as a new Word file with a different name.

Code to Merge Cells in Word Table using Java

This code snippet demonstrates how to merge cells in Microsoft Word using Java. The predefined method accesses the parent table and sets the horizontal and vertical merge properties of all the cells in the range provided as arguments. In your sample code, you do not need to go into details of this method just call the mergeCells() method with the starting end ending cell.

This tutorial has guided us on how to merge cells in Word using Java. If you want to split Word documents by sections, refer to the article on Split Word document into sections using Java.