How to modify an existing equation using LaTeX in a .NET Core Word document using C#?

Syncfusion® Essential® DocIO is a .NET Core Word Library used to create, read, edit, and convert Word documents programmatically without Microsoft Word or interop dependencies. Using this library, you can modify an existing equation using LaTeX in a Word document using C#.

Steps to modify an existing equation using LaTeX in a Word document using C#

1. Create a new C# Console application project.
2. Install the Syncfusion.DocIO.Net.Core NuGet package as a reference to your project from Nuget.org.
   
   

3. Include the following namespace in the Program.cs file:
   C#

using Syncfusion.DocIO;
using Syncfusion.DocIO.DLS;

4. Use the following code snippet to modify an existing equation using LaTeX in a Word document.
   C#

// Open a Word document using File stream.
using (FileStream inputStream = new FileStream("../../../Input.docx", FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read))
{
   // Open the existing Word document.
   using (WordDocument document = new WordDocument(inputStream, FormatType.Docx))
   {
       // Access the first paragraph from the last section of the document
       WParagraph paragraph = document.LastSection.Body.ChildEntities[2] as WParagraph;

       // Retrieve the first math equation in the paragraph, if it exists
       WMath math = paragraph.ChildEntities[0] as WMath;
       if (math != null)
       {
           // Get the LaTeX representation of the math equation
           string laTeX = math.MathParagraph.LaTeX;
           // Replace occurrences of 'x' with 'k' in the LaTeX representation
           laTeX = laTeX.Replace("x", "k");
           // Modify the LaTeX string
           math.MathParagraph.LaTeX = laTeX;
       }
       using (FileStream outputStream = new FileStream(@"../../../Result.docx", FileMode.Create, FileAccess.Write))
       {
           document.Save(outputStream, FormatType.Docx);
       }
   }
}

You can download a complete working sample of modifying an existing equation using LaTeX in a Word document from GitHub.

By executing the program, you will get the 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, split, and compare Word documents, find and replace text in the Word document, protect Word documents, and most importantly, the PDF and Image conversions with code examples.

Conclusion
I hope you enjoyed learning about how to modify an existing equation using LaTeX in a Word document using .NET Core Word Library.

You can refer to our ASP.NET Core DocIO feature tour page to learn about its other groundbreaking feature representations and documentation, and how to quickly get started with configuration specifications. You can also explore our ASP.NET Core DocIO example to understand how to create and manipulate data.

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