I've introduced how to create a table in Word document using Free Spire.Doc for Java, and this article will share how to use this free Java API to merge and split table cells in Word document.
1# Installation
Method 1: Download the Free Spire.Doc for Java and unzip it, then add the Spire.Doc.jar file to your project as dependency.
Method 2: You can also add the jar dependency to maven project by adding the following configurations to the pom.xml.
<repositories> <repository> <id>com.e-iceblue</id> <name>e-iceblue</name> <url>http://repo.e-iceblue.com/nexus/content/groups/public/</url> </repository> </repositories> <dependencies> <dependency> <groupId>e-iceblue</groupId> <artifactId>spire.doc.free</artifactId> <version>3.9.0</version> </dependency> </dependencies> 2# Example of merging cells:
import com.spire.doc.*; public class MergeTableCell { public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception { String output = "out/MergeTableCells.docx"; //Create a Document instance Document document = new Document(); //Add a table to it Section section = document.addSection(); Table table = section.addTable(true); table.resetCells(4, 4); //Merge cells horizontally table.applyHorizontalMerge(0, 0, 3); //Merge cells vertically table.applyVerticalMerge(0, 2, 3); //save the document to file document.saveToFile(output, FileFormat.Docx); } } 
3# Example of spliting cells:
import com.spire.doc.*; public class SplitTableCell { public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception { String output = "out/SplitTableCells.docx"; //Create a Document instance Document document = new Document(); //Add a table to it Section section = document.addSection(); Table table = section.addTable(true); table.resetCells(4, 4); //split the cell table.getRows().get(3).getCells().get(3).splitCell(2, 2); //save the document to file document.saveToFile(output, FileFormat.Docx); } } 
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