Add Bookmarks in Word Using Java

Bookmarks can mark text, pictures, and places in a document, allowing you to jump straight to the desired text, picture, or place without scrolling through several paragraphs or pages. In this article, you will learn how to programmatically add a bookmark in an existing Word document using Free Spire.Doc for Java.

Introduction of the above mentioned free library:
https://www.e-iceblue.com/Introduce/free-doc-for-java.html

Installation

Method 1: Download the free library and unzip it. Then add the Spire.Doc.jar file to your Java application as dependency.
Method 2: Directly 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>5.1.0</version>
   </dependency>
</dependencies>

Sample Code

The Paragraph.appendBookmarkStart(java.lang.String name) method and Paragraph.appendBookmarkEnd(java.lang.String name) method offered by Free Spire.Doc for Java allows you to insert a bookmark with specified name into the specified paragraphs. The complete sample code are as follows.

import com.spire.doc.*;
import com.spire.doc.documents.Paragraph;

public class InsertBookmark {

    public static void main(String[] args) {

        //Create a Document instance
        Document doc = new Document();

        //Load a sample Word file
        doc.loadFromFile("C:\\Users\\Administrator\\Desktop\\Place.docx");

        //Get the first section
        Section section = doc.getSections().get(0);

        //Insert a bookmark with specified name into the specified paragraphs
        section.getParagraphs().get(3).appendBookmarkStart("AncientCrust");
        section.getParagraphs().get(6).appendBookmarkEnd("AncientCrust");


        //Save the document
        doc.saveToFile("AddBookmark.docx", FileFormat.Docx_2013);
    }
}