How to Modify the Font During a Mail Merge 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 modify the font during a mail merge in a Word document using C#.

Steps to modify the font during a mail merge in a 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;
using Syncfusion.Drawing;

4. Use the following code example to modify the font during a mail merge.
   C#

using (FileStream fileStream = new FileStream(Path.GetFullPath(@"Data/Template.docx"), FileMode.Open, FileAccess.ReadWrite))
{
   //Opens the template document.
   using (WordDocument document = new WordDocument(fileStream, FormatType.Docx))
   {
       //Uses the mail merge events to perform the conditional formatting during runtime.
       document.MailMerge.MergeField += new MergeFieldEventHandler(ModifyFont);
       //Executes Mail Merge with groups.
       document.MailMerge.ExecuteGroup(GetDataTable());
       //Creates file stream.
       using (FileStream outputStream = new FileStream(Path.GetFullPath(@"Output/Result.docx"), FileMode.Create, FileAccess.ReadWrite))
       {
           //Saves the Word document to file stream.
           document.Save(outputStream, FormatType.Docx);
       }
   }
}

5. Use the following event handling method that handle the MergeField event.
   C#

/// <summary>
/// Represents the method that handles the MergeField event.
/// </summary>      
private static void ModifyFont(object sender, MergeFieldEventArgs args)
{
   // Sets the font name to Arial for the selected text range.
   args.TextRange.CharacterFormat.FontName = "Arial";
   // Sets the font size to 18 points for the selected text range.
   args.TextRange.CharacterFormat.FontSize = 18;
   // Applies bold formatting to the selected text range.
   args.TextRange.CharacterFormat.Bold = true;
   // Applies italic formatting to the selected text range.
   args.TextRange.CharacterFormat.Italic = true;
   // Applies single underline to the selected text range.
   args.TextRange.CharacterFormat.UnderlineStyle = UnderlineStyle.Single;
}

6. Use the following helper method to retrieve the data for performing the mail merge.
   C#

/// <summary>
/// Gets the data to perform mail merge.
/// </summary>
private static DataTable GetDataTable()
{
   // Creates a new DataTable with the name "Employee".
   DataTable dataTable = new DataTable("Employee");
   // Adds a column "EmployeeName" to the DataTable.
   dataTable.Columns.Add("EmployeeName");
   // Adds a column "EmployeeNumber" to the DataTable.
   dataTable.Columns.Add("EmployeeNumber");

   // Loops 20 times to add rows to the DataTable.
   for (int i = 0; i < 20; i++)
   {
       // Creates a new DataRow for the DataTable.
       DataRow datarow = dataTable.NewRow();
       // Adds the newly created DataRow to the DataTable.
       dataTable.Rows.Add(datarow);
       // Sets the value of the first column (EmployeeName) for the current row.
       datarow[0] = "Employee" + i.ToString();
       // Sets the value of the second column (EmployeeNumber) for the current row.
       datarow[1] = "EMP" + i.ToString();
   }
   // Returns the populated DataTable.
   return dataTable;
}

You can download a complete working sample to modify the font during a mail merge in a Word document from GitHub.

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

Conclusion
I hope you enjoyed learning about how to modify the font during mail merge in a Word document.

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