Code to edit Word in JavaScript

Advanced Word Editor for Node.js. Use it to modify Word documents programmatically

This is a comprehensive Word Editing and Manipulation Library for Node.js. Easily build Word editing software, leveraging non-blocking, event-driven architecture of Node.js.

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Edit text in Word using JavaScript

Programmatic modification of Word documents is an integral part of modern digital workflow. Edit text in Word, insert graphs using external data, modify tables.

JavaScript library is a stand-alone solution to edit Word that doesn't rely on other software. It's ready for commercial use covers all possible needs of professional JavaScript developers:

  • Modify existing Word elements: tables, lists, charts, images, links, fields, etc.
  • Modify Word styles and formatting attributes
  • Add new Word elements
  • Search Word for text patterns and replace them with new text
  • Save the result to a variety of file formats using 'Document.Save' method
  • Remove unwanted Word elements (paragraphs, pages, sections, chapters)

Change Word in JavaScript

JavaScript Word programmatic editor provides developers with a modern API to edit Word programmatically. Quickly integrate Word modification features into your software. Our library supports the modification of a variety of document formats in JavaScript.

The task of editing Word programmatically in JavaScript is the task of modifying elements in the Word document tree. It is also known as the 'DOM' - the programming model for interacting with Word document elements and their properties.

Edit Word in JavaScript

Word modification features are inseparable from the advanced Word search functionality. For a hig level of flexibility, our JavaScript library provides developers with Word Regex-based search functionality. This approach expands the possibilities to edit text in Word files, allowing the use of templates for dynamic Word transformation.

Edit table in Word using JavaScript

One of the most requested features is the dynamic creation and modification of tables in Word documents. Working with tables is very convenient with JavaScript library: edit tables, update tables and extract table text using JavaScript.

The following example demostrates how to modify a Word document in JavaScript:

Example in JavaScript to edit DOCX files
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npm install @aspose/words
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const aw = require('@aspose/words');

var doc = new aw.Document("Input.docx")
var builder = new aw.DocumentBuilder(doc)

// Insert text at the beginning of the document.
builder.moveToDocumentStart()
builder.writeln("Morbi enim nunc faucibus a.")

doc.save("Output.docx")
const aw = require('@aspose/words');

var doc = new aw.Document("Input.docx")
var builder = new aw.DocumentBuilder(doc)

// Insert table at the beginning of the document.
builder.moveToDocumentStart()
builder.startTable()
builder.insertCell()
builder.write("Row 1, cell 1.")
builder.insertCell()
builder.write("Row 1, cell 2.")
builder.endTable()

doc.save("Output.docx")
const aw = require('@aspose/words');

var doc = new aw.Document("Input.docx")
var builder = new aw.DocumentBuilder(doc)

// Insert image at the beginning of the document.
builder.moveToDocumentStart()
builder.insertImage("Image.png")

doc.save("Output.docx")
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How to edit Word

  1. Install Word Editor for JavaScript.
  2. Add a library reference (import the library) to your JavaScript project.
  3. Open a Word in JavaScript.
  4. Insert content at the beginning of the Word document.
  5. Call the save() method, passing the name of the output file with the required extension.
  6. Get the edited result.

JavaScript library to work with Word files

We host our Node.js via .Net packages in NPM repositories. Please follow the step-by-step instructions on how to install "Aspose.Words for Node.js via .NET" to your developer environment.

System Requirements

This package is compatible with Node.js 14.17.0 or higher.

Other supported file formats

You can edit files in many other file formats:

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