How to find and replace text in headers and footers of Word document?
Syncfusion® Essential® DocIO is a .NET Word library used to create, read, and edit Word documents programmatically without Microsoft or interop dependencies. Using this library, you can find and replace text in the headers and footers of a Word document in C# and VB.NET.
Find and replace text in headers and footers of a Word document
- Create a new C# console application project.
- Install Syncfusion.DocIO.WinForms NuGet packages as a reference to your .NET Framework applications from 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 find and replace text in the headers and footers of a Word document.
// Load the template document.
using (WordDocument document = new WordDocument(Path.GetFullPath(@"../../Input.docx"), FormatType.Docx))
{
// Create a paragraph for the header.
WParagraph headerParagraph = new WParagraph(document);
// Align the paragraph horizontally to the right.
headerParagraph.ParagraphFormat.HorizontalAlignment = HorizontalAlignment.Right;
// Append a picture in the paragraph.
WPicture picture = headerParagraph.AppendPicture(Image.FromFile(@"../../AdventureCycle.jpg")) as WPicture;
// Set width and height for the picture.
picture.Height = 65;
picture.Width = 200;
// Create a text body part.
TextBodyPart headerBodyPart = new TextBodyPart(document);
headerBodyPart.BodyItems.Add(headerParagraph);
// Replace all entries of a given regular expression with the text body part along with its formatting in the header.
document.Replace(new Regex("^<<(.*)>>"), headerBodyPart, false);
// Create a paragraph for the footer.
WParagraph footerParagraph = new WParagraph(document);
// Align the paragraph horizontally to the right.
footerParagraph.ParagraphFormat.HorizontalAlignment = HorizontalAlignment.Right;
// Add the text.
footerParagraph.AppendText(" Page ");
// Add a page number field.
footerParagraph.AppendField("CurrentPageNumber", FieldType.FieldPage);
// Add the text.
footerParagraph.AppendText(" of ");
// Add a number of pages field.
footerParagraph.AppendField("TotalNumberOfPages", FieldType.FieldNumPages);
// Create a text body part.
TextBodyPart footerBodyPart = new TextBodyPart(document);
footerBodyPart.BodyItems.Add(footerParagraph);
// Replace all entries of a given regular expression with the text body part along with its formatting in the footer.
document.Replace(new Regex("^//(.*)"), footerBodyPart, false);
// Save the document.
document.Save(Path.GetFullPath("Sample.docx"), FormatType.Docx);
}
VB.NET
' Load the template document.
Using Dim document As New WordDocument("../../Input.docx", FormatType.Docx)
' Create a paragraph for the header.
Dim headerParagraph As New WParagraph(document)
' Align the paragraph horizontally to the right.
headerParagraph.ParagraphFormat.HorizontalAlignment = HorizontalAlignment.Right
Dim picture As WPicture = CType(headerParagraph.AppendPicture(Image.FromFile("AdventureCycle.jpg")), WPicture)
' Set width and height for the picture.
picture.Height = 65.0!
picture.Width = 200.0!
' Create a text body part.
Dim headerBodyPart As New TextBodyPart(document)
headerBodyPart.BodyItems.Add(headerParagraph)
' Replace all entries of a given regular expression with the text body part along with its formatting in the header.
document.Replace(New Regex("^<<(.*)>>"), headerBodyPart, False)' Create a paragraph for the footer.
Dim footerParagraph As New WParagraph(document)
' Align the paragraph horizontally to the right.
footerParagraph.ParagraphFormat.HorizontalAlignment = HorizontalAlignment.Right
' Add the text.
footerParagraph.AppendText(" Page ")
' Add a page number field.
footerParagraph.AppendField("CurrentPageNumber", FieldType.FieldPage)
' Add the text.
footerParagraph.AppendText(" of ")
' Add a number of pages field.
footerParagraph.AppendField("TotalNumberOfPages", FieldType.FieldNumPages)
' Create a text body part.
Dim footerBodyPart As New TextBodyPart(document)
footerBodyPart.BodyItems.Add(footerParagraph)
' Replace all entries of a given regular expression with the text body part along with its formatting in the footer.
document.Replace(New Regex("^//(.*)"), footerBodyPart, False)
' Save the document.
document.Save("Sample.docx", FormatType.Docx)
End Using
A complete working example to find and replace text in headers and footers of Word document using C# can be downloaded from GitHub.
By executing the application, you will get the output Word document as follows.
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