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How to convert HTML <h3> </h3> to MS document Heading3 in Docx4j?


I've been generating word document from HTML content.

using below code.

ordprocessingMLPackage wordMLPackage = WordprocessingMLPackage.createPackage(PageSizePaper.LETTER, false);

XHTMLImporterImpl XHTMLImporter = new XHTMLImporterImpl(wordMLPackage);
XHTMLImporter.setRunFormatting(FormattingOption.CLASS_PLUS_OTHER);
NumberingDefinitionsPart ndp = new NumberingDefinitionsPart();

wordMLPackage.getMainDocumentPart().addTargetPart(ndp);
ndp.unmarshalDefaultNumbering();

wordMLPackage.getMainDocumentPart().getContent().addAll(XHTMLImporter.convert("<h3> SAMPLE HEADING</h3>", null));

File exportFile = new File(somepath/sample.docx);
wordMLPackage.save(exportFile);

Above code works fine and generate the Document, but the HTML <h3> SAMPLE HEADING</h3> doesn't converted to MS word Heading 3 it shows as Normal text in document.

Later I'll generate Table of Content TOC using those headings using below code.

tocGenerator.generateToc( 1,    "TOC \\o \"1-3\" \\h \\z \\u ", false);

However some how this code doesn't support normal text to generate TOC.


Solution

  • We need to change the Heading setting by using below code.

    ImportXHTMLProperties.setProperty("docx4j-ImportXHTML.Element.Heading.MapToStyle", true);
    

    Here the updated code which is working for the requirement.

    //  activating Headings property for MS Word Heading Mapping
    ImportXHTMLProperties.setProperty("docx4j-ImportXHTML.Element.Heading.MapToStyle", true);
    ordprocessingMLPackage wordMLPackage = WordprocessingMLPackage.createPackage(PageSizePaper.LETTER, false);
    
    XHTMLImporterImpl XHTMLImporter = new XHTMLImporterImpl(wordMLPackage);
    XHTMLImporter.setRunFormatting(FormattingOption.CLASS_PLUS_OTHER);
    NumberingDefinitionsPart ndp = new NumberingDefinitionsPart();
    
    wordMLPackage.getMainDocumentPart().addTargetPart(ndp);
    ndp.unmarshalDefaultNumbering();
    
    wordMLPackage.getMainDocumentPart().getContent().addAll(XHTMLImporter.convert("<h3> SAMPLE HEADING</h3>", null));
    
    File exportFile = new File(somepath/sample.docx);
    // adding TOC - TABLE OF CONTENTS
    TocGenerator tocGenerator = new TocGenerator(wordMLPackage);
    tocGenerator.generateToc(0, "TOC \\o \"1-3\" \\h \\z \\u ", false);
    
    wordMLPackage.save(exportFile);