Excel to Image Java

Microsoft Excel is a powerful tool for data analysis, reporting, and visualization. However, there are times when you need to share Excel sheets in a format that doesn’t require the recipient to have MS Excel installed. On the other hand, as a developer, you can not embed the Excel workbooks or worksheets directly into your web or desktop applications. One common way in such cases is converting Excel sheets to images. In this blog post, we will explore how to convert Excel sheets to images in Java using a popular Java Excel library.

Java Excel to Image Converter API

In order to convert Excel XLSX or XLS files to image formats, we’ll use Aspose.Cells for Java API. It is a powerful spreadsheet manipulation API that provides high-quality conversion of worksheets into PNG, JPEG, BMP, and other popular image formats. Aspose.Cells for Java can be downloaded as JAR or installed using the following Maven configurations.

<repository>
    <id>AsposeJavaAPI</id>
    <name>Aspose Java API</name>
    <url>https://repository.aspose.com/repo/</url>
</repository>
<dependency>
    <groupId>com.aspose</groupId>
    <artifactId>aspose-cells</artifactId>
    <version>21.2</version>
</dependency>

Aspose.Cells for Java supports conversion of Excel files to the following image formats:

Convert Excel XLSX to Image in Java

The following are the steps along with API references to convert a worksheet into a PNG image.

The following code sample shows how to convert an Excel XLSX file to image using Java.

Excel File

Excel to Image Java

Converted PNG

XLSX to PNG java

Additional Options for Excel to Image Conversion

Aspose.Cells for Java also provides additional options to customize XLSX to image conversion. For example, you can specify the style for gridlines, render one image per sheet, and so on. The ImageOrPrintOptions class is used to set these options. The following code sample shows how to use ImageOrPrintOptions class in Excel to image conversion.

Online Excel to Image Converter

We also provide a free Excel to image converter tool, which is based on Aspose.Cells for Java. It is a web-based tool and you can use it from any device only having an internet connection.

Get Free Excel to Image Converter

You can get a free temporary license and try converting Excel sheets to images without evaluation limitations.

Conclusion

In this article, you have learned how to convert Excel files to PNG, JPEG, BMP, or other image formats using Java. Furthermore, you have seen how to customize Excel to image conversion with additional options. We also introduced you to a free online Excel to image converter that can be used to convert XLS sheets to image formats.

You can explore more about Java spreadsheet manipulation API using documentation. In case you would have any questions or queries, contact us via our forum.

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