How to edit Word document in C#, VB.NET
Syncfusion Essential DocIO is a .NET Word library used to create, read, and edit Word documents programmatically without Microsoft Word or interop dependencies. Using this library, you can edit a Word document in C# and VB.NET.
Steps to edit Word document programmatically in C#:
- Create a new C# console application project.
- Install Syncfusion.DocIO.WinForms NuGet package as a reference to your .NET Framework applications from the NuGet.org.
- Include the following namespace in the Program.cs file.
C#
using Syncfusion.DocIO.DLS;
VB
Imports Syncfusion.DocIO.DLS
- Use the following code snippet to edit Word document with simple text.
C#
//Opens the template Word document.
using (WordDocument document = new WordDocument(@"../../Template.docx"))
{
//Gets the text body of first section.
WTextBody textBody = document.Sections[0].Body;
//Gets the first paragraph.
WParagraph paragraph = textBody.Paragraphs[0];
//Gets the text range and modifies its content.
WTextRange textRange = paragraph.ChildEntities[0] as WTextRange;
textRange.Text = "Syncfusion Word library (Essential DocIO)";
//Sets formatting for modified content.
textRange.CharacterFormat.FontSize = 20;
textRange.CharacterFormat.Bold = true;
//Saves the Word document.
document.Save("Result.docx");
}
VB
'Opens the template Word document.
Using document As WordDocument = New WordDocument("../../Template.docx")
'Gets the text body of first section.
Dim textBody As WTextBody = document.Sections(0).Body
'Gets the first paragraph.
Dim paragraph As WParagraph = textBody.Paragraphs(0)
'Gets the text range and modifies its content.
Dim textRange As WTextRange = TryCast(paragraph.ChildEntities(0), WTextRange)
textRange.Text = "Syncfusion Word library (Essential DocIO)"
//Sets formatting for modified content.
textRange.CharacterFormat.FontSize = 20
textRange.CharacterFormat.Bold = True
'Saves the Word document.
document.Save("Result.docx")
End Using
A complete working example to edit Word document using C# can be downloaded from Edit-Word-document.zip
By executing the application, you will get the output Word document as follows. 
Take a moment to peruse the documentation, where you can find basic Word document processing options along with features like mail merge, merge and split documents, find and replace text in the Word document, protect the Word documents, and most importantly PDF and Image conversions with code examples.
Explore more about the rich set of Syncfusion Word Framework features.
An online example to edit Word document.
See Also:
Create Word document in Windows Forms
Create Word document in ASP.NET Core
Create Word document in ASP.NET MVC
Create Word document in Xamarin
Create Word document in Xamarin.Android
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