This example demonstrates how to load a file of some particular format.
advanced_usage.loading_files.LoadingFileOfSpecificFormat
// Explicitly specifying the format of a file to load you can spare some time on detecting the format LoadOptions loadOptions = new LoadOptions(FileFormat.Spreadsheet); // Constants.InputXls is an absolute or relative path to your document. Ex: @"C:\Docs\source.xls" try (Metadata metadata = new Metadata(Constants.InputXls, loadOptions)) { SpreadsheetRootPackage root = metadata.getRootPackageGeneric(); // Use format-specific properties to extract or edit metadata System.... } More resources GitHub examples You may easily...