Set document properties

The following example shows you how to set document properties (metadata).

import java.util.Date;
import com.independentsoft.office.word.Paragraph;
import com.independentsoft.office.word.Run;
import com.independentsoft.office.word.WordDocument;

public class Example {

    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
        try
        {
            WordDocument doc = new WordDocument();

            // Set document properties
            doc.setTitle("My Document Title");
            doc.setSubject("Document Subject");
            doc.setCreator("John Doe");
            doc.setKeywords("JWord, Java, Word, Document");
            doc.setDescription("This document was created using JWord library.");
            doc.setCategory("Tutorial");
            doc.setCreated(new Date());
            doc.setModified(new Date());

            // Add some content
            Run run = new Run();
            run.addText("This document has properties set.");

            Paragraph paragraph = new Paragraph();
            paragraph.add(run);

            doc.getBody().add(paragraph);

            doc.save("c:\\test\\output.docx", true);
        }
        catch (Exception e)
        {
            System.out.println(e.getMessage());
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }
}

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