How to merge multiple Word documents into a same page in a Word document

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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 merge multiple Word documents into a same page in a Word document using C#.

Steps to merge multiple Word documents into a same page in a Word document:

Create a new .NET Core console application project.
Install the Syncfusion.DocIO.Net.Core NuGet package as a reference to your project from NuGet.org.

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Include the following namespaces in Program.cs file
C#

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

Use the following code example to merge multiple Word documents into a same page in a Word document.
C#

//Create a list and add the paths of the source Word documents to it.
List<string> sourceFileNames = new List<string>();
sourceFileNames.Add("Data/Addressblock.docx");
sourceFileNames.Add("Data/Salutation.docx");
sourceFileNames.Add("Data/Greetings.docx");

//Get the absolute path of the destination Word document.
string destinationFileName = Path.GetFullPath(@"Data/Title.docx");
using (FileStream destinationStream = new FileStream(destinationFileName, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read, FileShare.ReadWrite))
{
   //Open the destination document.
   using (WordDocument destinationDocument = new WordDocument(destinationStream, FormatType.Automatic))
   {
       ImportOtherDocuments(sourceFileNames, destinationDocument);
       //Save the destination document.
       using (FileStream outputStream = new FileStream(Path.GetFullPath(@"Output/Output.docx"), FileMode.Create, FileAccess.Write))
       {
           destinationDocument.Save(outputStream, FormatType.Docx);
       }
   }
}

Use the following helper method to import content from multiple source Word documents into a destination document.
C#

/// <summary>
/// Import content from multiple source Word documents into a destination document.
/// </summary>
void ImportOtherDocuments(List<string> sourceFiles, WordDocument destinationDocument)
{
   //Iterate through each source document from the list.
   foreach (string sourceFileName in sourceFiles)
   {
       using (FileStream sourceStream = new FileStream(sourceFileName, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read, FileShare.ReadWrite))
       {
           //Open the source document.
           using (WordDocument sourceDocument = new WordDocument(sourceStream, FormatType.Automatic))
           {
               //Set the break-code of First section of source document as NoBreak to avoid imported from a new page.
               sourceDocument.Sections[0].BreakCode = SectionBreakCode.NoBreak;
               //Import the contents of source document at the end of destination document.
               destinationDocument.ImportContent(sourceDocument, ImportOptions.UseDestinationStyles);
           }
       }
   }
}

You can download a complete working sample to merge multiple Word documents into a same page in a Word document from the GitHub.

The input documents are as follows.

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 the features like mail merge, merge, split, and compare Word documents, find and replace text in the Word document, protect the Word documents, and most importantly, the PDF and Image conversions with code examples.

Conclusion
I hope you enjoyed learning about how to merge multiple Word documents into a sample in a Word document.

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