how to set page margins for word document using apache poi?

10
votes

I want to set page-margins for word document created using apache poi-3.9. I found it can be done using CTPageMar but CTPageMar is not being resolved. I am using apache poi-3.9

I tried this

CTSectPr sectPr = document.getDocument().getBody().addNewSectPr();
    CTPageMar pageMar = sectPr.addNewPgMar();
    pageMar.setLeft(BigInteger.valueOf(720L));
    pageMar.setTop(BigInteger.valueOf(1440L));
    pageMar.setRight(BigInteger.valueOf(720L));
    pageMar.setBottom(BigInteger.valueOf(1440L));
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javams-wordapache-poidocxxwpf
See this thread - apache-poi.1045710.n5.nabble.com/… – LittlePanda
thanks @LittlePanda the code by mark helped but it is working for doc format not for docx. how can I set the margins while creating xwpf document. (the code from link describes setting margins for existing doc) – imdzeeshan
You might be using XWPFDocument nstead of HWPF right? – LittlePanda
yes i am using XWPFDocument – imdzeeshan
What happens if you upgrade to Apache POI 3.12 beta 1? – Gagravarr

2 Answers

7
votes

As far as I understand, the problem is not related to the provided code, it is connected with missing CTPageMar class.

The source of missing classes problem is clearly explained in Apache POI FAQ:

To use the new OOXML file formats, POI requires a jar containing the file format XSDs [...] You can download the jar by hand from the POI Maven Repository.

URL from FAQ is not working, but you can find required jar in central maven repo.

4
votes

To resolve the class CTPageMar you will have to add the package org.apache.poi:ooxml-schema to your classpath. The corresponding JAR contains all schemas. You can find more information here.