How to remove editable range in bookmark in DOCX using C# .NET Core?

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 remove an editable range within a bookmark in a DOCX document using C#.

Steps to remove an editable range within a bookmark in a DOCX 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 the Program.cs file.
   C#

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

4. Use the following code example to remove an editable range within a bookmark in a DOCX document.
   C#

// Load the Word document
using (FileStream fileStreamPath = new FileStream(Path.GetFullPath(@"Data/Template.docx"), FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read, FileShare.ReadWrite))
{
    //Creates a new Word document.
    using (WordDocument document = new WordDocument(fileStreamPath, FormatType.Automatic))
    {
        // Loop through all bookmarks in the document
        for (int i = 0; i < document.Bookmarks.Count; i++)
        {
            Bookmark bookmark = document.Bookmarks[i];
            // Check and remove editable ranges within the bookmark
            RemoveEditableRange(document, bookmark.Name);
        }
        //Create a file stream.
        using (FileStream outputFileStream = new FileStream(Path.GetFullPath(@"Output/Result.docx"), FileMode.Create, FileAccess.ReadWrite))
        {
            //Save the Word document to the file stream.
            document.Save(outputFileStream, FormatType.Docx);
        }
    }
}

5. Use the following helper method to remove editable ranges:
   C#

private static void RemoveEditableRange(WordDocument document, string bookmarkName)
{
    // Create a Bookmark Navigator
    BookmarksNavigator bookmarkNavigator = new BookmarksNavigator(document);
    // Move to the bookmark
    bookmarkNavigator.MoveToBookmark(bookmarkName);
    // Get the bookmark content as word document
    WordDocument tempDoc = bookmarkNavigator.GetContent().GetAsWordDocument();
    // Find all entities of type EditableRangeStart within the bookmark
    List<Entity> entity = tempDoc.FindAllItemsByProperty(EntityType.EditableRangeStart, null, null);
    // If any EditableRangeStart entities are found, iterate through them.
    if (entity != null)
    {
        foreach (Entity item in entity)
        {
            // Find the editable range by ID and remove it
            EditableRange editableRange = document.EditableRanges.FindById((item as EditableRangeStart).Id);
            if (editableRange != null)
                document.EditableRanges.Remove(editableRange);
        }
    }
}

You can download a complete working sample to remove an editable range within a bookmark in a DOCX document from GitHub

For more detailed information about editable range, please refer to the documentation

Take a moment to peruse the documentation where you can find basic Word document processing options along with 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 remove an editable range within a bookmark in a DOCX document.

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