Page breaks in Excel are dividers that separate a large worksheet into individual pages for printing. In this article, you will learn how to add or delete page breaks in Excel in Java using Spire.XLS for Java library.
- Add Page Breaks to Excel in Java
- Delete a Specific Page Break from Excel in Java
- Delete All Page Breaks from Excel in Java
Install Spire.XLS for Java
First of all, you're required to add the Spire.Xls.jar file as a dependency in your Java program. The JAR file can be downloaded from this link. If you use Maven, you can easily import the JAR file in your application by adding the following code to your project's pom.xml file.
<repositories>
<repository>
<id>com.e-iceblue</id>
<name>e-iceblue</name>
<url>https://repo.e-iceblue.com/nexus/content/groups/public/</url>
</repository>
</repositories>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>e-iceblue</groupId>
<artifactId>spire.xls</artifactId>
<version>14.4.1</version>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
Add Page Breaks to Excel in Java
Using Spire.XLS for Java, you can add horizontal and vertical page breaks to an Excel worksheet. Below are the steps to do so:
- Create an instance of Workbook class.
- Load an Excel file using Workbook.loadFromFile() method.
- Get the desired worksheet by its index using Workbook.getWorksheets().get() method.
- Specify the cells where you want to add page breaks to using Worksheet.getRange().get() method.
- Add horizontal and vertical page breaks to the cells using Worksheet.getHPageBreaks().add() and Worksheet.getVPageBreaks().add() methods.
- Set the sheet view mode to ViewMode.Preview using Worksheet.setViewMode() method.
- Save the result file using Workbook.saveToFile() method.
- Java
import com.spire.xls.*;
public class AddPageBreaks {
public static void main(String []args) {
//Create a Workbook instance
Workbook workbook = new Workbook();
//Load an Excel file
workbook.loadFromFile("Sample.xlsx");
//Get the first worksheet
Worksheet sheet = workbook.getWorksheets().get(0);
//Specify the cells where you want to add page breaks to
CellRange cell1 = sheet.getRange().get("A10");
CellRange cell2 = sheet.getRange().get("F1");
//Add a horizontal page break
sheet.getHPageBreaks().add(cell1);
//Add a vertical page break
sheet.getVPageBreaks().add(cell2);
//Set view mode to Preview in order to view the page breaks
sheet.setViewMode(ViewMode.Preview);
//Save the result file
workbook.saveToFile("AddPageBreaks.xlsx", ExcelVersion.Version2013);
}
}
Delete a Specific Page Break from Excel in Java
The following are the steps to delete a specific page break from an Excel worksheet:
- Create an instance of Workbook class.
- Load an Excel file using Workbook.loadFromFile() method.
- Get the desired worksheet by its index using Workbook.getWorksheets().get() method.
- Delete a specific horizontal or vertical page break from the worksheet by its index using Worksheet.getHPageBreaks().removeAt() or Worksheet.getVPageBreaks().removeAt() method.
- Save the result file using Workbook.saveToFile() method.
- Java
import com.spire.xls.ExcelVersion;
import com.spire.xls.Workbook;
import com.spire.xls.Worksheet;
public class DeleteASpecificPageBreak {
public static void main(String []args) {
//Create a Workbook instance
Workbook workbook = new Workbook();
//Load an Excel file
workbook.loadFromFile("AddPageBreaks.xlsx");
//Get the first worksheet
Worksheet sheet = workbook.getWorksheets().get(0);
//Delete the first horizontal page break
sheet.getHPageBreaks().removeAt(0);
//Delete the first vertical page break
sheet.getVPageBreaks().removeAt(0);
//Save the result file
workbook.saveToFile("DeleteASpecificPageBreaks.xlsx", ExcelVersion.Version2013);
}
}
Delete All Page Breaks from Excel in Java
The following are the steps to delete all the page breaks from an Excel worksheet:
- Create an instance of Workbook class.
- Load an Excel file using Workbook.loadFromFile() method.
- Get the desired worksheet by its index using Workbook.getWorksheets().get() method.
- Delete all the horizontal and vertical page breaks from the worksheet using Worksheet.getHPageBreaks().clear() and Worksheet.getVPageBreaks().clear() methods.
- Save the result file using Workbook.saveToFile() method.
- Java
import com.spire.xls.ExcelVersion;
import com.spire.xls.Workbook;
import com.spire.xls.Worksheet;
public class DeleteAllPageBreaks {
public static void main(String []args) {
//Create a Workbook instance
Workbook workbook = new Workbook();
//Load an Excel file
workbook.loadFromFile("AddPageBreaks.xlsx");
//Get the first worksheet
Worksheet sheet = workbook.getWorksheets().get(0);
//Delete all horizontal page breaks
sheet.getHPageBreaks().clear();
//Delete all vertical page breaks
sheet.getVPageBreaks().clear();
//Save the result file
workbook.saveToFile("DeleteAllPageBreaks.xlsx", ExcelVersion.Version2013);
}
}
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