How to replace the content in a table cell 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 replace the content in a table cell in a Word document using C#.

Steps to replace the content in a table cell 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.DLS;
using Syncfusion.DocIO;

Use the following code example to replace the content in a table cell in a Word document.
C#

using (FileStream inputFileStream = new FileStream(Path.GetFullPath("Data/Template.docx"), FileMode.Open, FileAccess.ReadWrite))
{
   //Open the template Word document.
   using (WordDocument document = new WordDocument(inputFileStream, FormatType.Docx))
   {
       //Retrieve the first section of the document.
       IWSection section = document.LastSection;
       //Get the first table in the section.
       WTable table = section.Body.Tables[0] as WTable;
       //Access the instance of the cell (second row, second cell).
       WTableCell cell1 = table[1, 1];
       //Access the instance of the cell (third row, third cell).
       WTableCell cell2 = table[2, 2];
       //Clear the contents of the cell (second row, second cell).
       cell1.ChildEntities.Clear();
       //Add a new paragraph with content to the cell (second row, second cell).
       cell1.AddParagraph().AppendText("Adventure");
       //Clear the contents of the cell (third row, third cell).
       cell2.ChildEntities.Clear();
       //Add a new paragraph with content to the cell  (third row, third cell).
       cell2.AddParagraph().AppendText("Cycle");
       //Save the modified document.
       using (FileStream outputFileStream = new FileStream(Path.GetFullPath("Output/Result.docx"), FileMode.Create, FileAccess.Write))
       {
           document.Save(outputFileStream, FormatType.Docx);
       }
   }
}

You can download a complete working sample to replace the content in a table cell in a Word document from the 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 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 replace the content in a table cell in a Word document.

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