We recently started using Aspose.Words for Java and have been happy. We are using Java on the backend and tried using Apache POI for parsing, manipulating and transforming the contents of the docx files. With the POI we found ourselves spending too much time fixing bugs and implementing missing functionality.
Short of running Word on the server, Aspose.Words for Java is a way to go for a Java project involving processing MS Word documents. We use it to convert uploaded Word documents to HTML format, process it and then export the result back into DOCX or PDF while adding headers, footers and waternarks.

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We recently started using Aspose.Words for Java and have been happy. We are using Java on the backend and tried using Apache POI for parsing, manipulating and transforming the contents of the docx files. With the POI we found ourselves spending too much time fixing bugs and implementing missing functionality.
Short of running Word on the server, Aspose.Words for Java is a way to go for a Java project involving processing MS Word documents. We use it to convert uploaded Word documents to HTML format, process it and then export the result back into DOCX or PDF while adding headers, footers and waternarks.

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