Thread: Content in text file to MS Word file help!

Hey,

I have tried (and sadly failed) to print out the content from a text file into a new Microsoft Word document.
Below is the code from my attempt. Also, I can't download any other additional libraries other than the usual ones.

Microsoft Word won't open up the file as it can't read the contents and says it's corrupt.

 
    public static void exportMS() throws IOException {
        File exp = new File("Menu.docx");
        File cou = new File("Courses.txt");
        PrintWriter pw = new PrintWriter(new FileWriter(exp));
        BufferedReader brC = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(cou));
        while (brC.readLine() != null) {
            pw.println(brC.readLine());
        }
        brC.close();
        pw.close();
    }

Also, is it possible to append other text files to the same MS Word document?

Thank you!

Word documents are not just text, they are a particular file format containing all sorts of other important information such as formatting. You will need a 3rd party library - such as Apache POI - to get the actual text of the document, append, and rewrite the file.

I have only one question here Why can't you download/use other libraries?

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