Access and Update the Portions of Rich Text of Cell

Access and Update the Portions of Rich Text of Cell

The following code demonstrates the usage of Cell.getCharacters() and Cell.setCharacters() methods using the source Excel file, which you can download from the provided link. The source Excel file contains rich text in cell A1. It has three portions, each with a different font. We will access these portions and update the first portion with a new font name. Finally, it saves the workbook as the output Excel file. When you open it, you will find that the font of the first portion of the text has changed to “Arial”.

Console Output

Here is the console output of the above sample code using the source Excel file.

 Before updating the font settings....

Century

Courier New

Verdana

After updating the font settings....

Arial

Courier New

Verdana