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How to replace an image with same size 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 an image with same size in a Word document using C#.

Steps to replace an image with same size in a Word document:

  1. Create a new .NET Core console application project. Create console application in Visual Studio
  2. Install the Syncfusion.DocIO.Net.Core NuGet package as a reference to your project from NuGet.org.
    Add DocIO NuGet package reference to the project

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  1. Include the following namespaces in Program.cs file.
    C#
using Syncfusion.DocIO;
using Syncfusion.DocIO.DLS; 
  1. Use the following code example to replace an image with same size in a Word document.
    C#
using (FileStream fileStreamPath = new FileStream(Path.GetFullPath(@"Data/Template.docx"), FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read, FileShare.ReadWrite))
{
   // Opens the template Word document.
   using (WordDocument document = new WordDocument(fileStreamPath, FormatType.Automatic))
   {
       // Variables to store the original width and height of each picture.
       float pictureWidth, pictureHeight = 0;
       // Find the picture with alternative text.
       WPicture picture = document.FindItemByProperty(EntityType.Picture, "AlternativeText", "Adventure") as WPicture;
       // Store the original width and height of the picture.
       pictureWidth = picture.Width;
       pictureHeight = picture.Height;
       // Open the new image file to replace the existing picture.
       FileStream imageStream = new FileStream(Path.GetFullPath(@"Data/Image.png"), FileMode.Open, FileAccess.ReadWrite);
       // Load the new image into the existing picture element.
       picture.LoadImage(imageStream);
       // Restore the original width and height to maintain the picture's dimensions.
       picture.Width = pictureWidth;
       picture.Height = pictureHeight;
       using (FileStream outputFileStream = new FileStream(Path.GetFullPath(@"Output/Result.docx"), FileMode.Create, FileAccess.ReadWrite))
       {
           // Saves the modified Word document.
           document.Save(outputFileStream, FormatType.Docx);
       }
   }
}

You can download a complete working sample to replace an image with same size in a Word document from the GitHub.

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

Output Word document

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 an image with same size in a Word document.

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

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