How to Set an Image in First Page Header Only in Core Word Document?

Syncfusion Essential DocIO is a .NET Word Library used to create, read, edit, and convert Word documents programmatically without Microsoft Word or interop dependencies. Using this library, you can set an image in first page header only in Word document using C#.

Steps to set an image in first page header only in Word document:

1. Create a new .NET Core 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 namespaces in Program.cs file.
   C#

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

4. Use the following code example to add an image specifically to the first-page header.
   C#

//Creates a new Word document.
using (WordDocument document = new WordDocument())
{
   //Adds new section to the document.
   IWSection section = document.AddSection();
   //Sets DifferentFirstPage as true for inserting header and footer text.
   section.PageSetup.DifferentFirstPage = true;
   //Adds a paragraph to the section.
   IWParagraph paragraph = section.AddParagraph();
   string paraText = "AdventureWorks Cycles, the fictitious company on which the AdventureWorks sample databases are based, is a large, multinational manufacturing company.";
   //Appends some text to the first page in document.
   paragraph.AppendText("\r\r[ First Page ] \r\r" + paraText);
   paragraph.ParagraphFormat.PageBreakAfter = true;
   //Appends some text to the second page in document.
   paragraph = section.AddParagraph();
   //Appends some text to the second page in document.
   paragraph.AppendText("\r\r[ Second Page ] \r\r" + paraText);
   //Inserts the first page header.
   paragraph = section.HeadersFooters.FirstPageHeader.AddParagraph();
   //Adds image to the paragraph.
   FileStream imageStream = new FileStream(Path.GetFullPath(@"Data/Image.png"), FileMode.Open, FileAccess.ReadWrite);
   IWPicture picture = paragraph.AppendPicture(imageStream);
   //Sets the text wrapping style as Behind the text.
   picture.TextWrappingStyle = TextWrappingStyle.Behind;
   //Creates file stream.
   using (FileStream outputFileStream = new FileStream(Path.GetFullPath(@"Output/Result.docx"), FileMode.Create, FileAccess.ReadWrite))
   {
       //Saves the Word document to file stream.
       document.Save(outputFileStream, FormatType.Docx);
   }
}

You can download a complete working sample to set an image in first page header only in Word document from the GitHub.

By executing the program, you will get the Word document as follows.

Conclusion
I hope you enjoyed learning about how to set an image in first page header only in Core Word document.

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