How to parse word document using C#, VB.NET?

Syncfusion® Essential® DocIO is a .NET Word library used to create, read, and edit Word documents programmatically without Microsoft Word or interop dependencies. Using this library, you can parse Word documents in C# and VB.NET.

Steps to parse Word document using C#:

1. Create a new C# console application project.
2. Install the Syncfusion.DocIO.WinForms NuGet package as a reference to your .NET Framework applications from the NuGet.org.
3. Include the following namespace in the Program.cs file.

C#

using Syncfusion.DocIO.DLS;
using System.IO;

VB

Imports Syncfusion.DocIO.DLS
Imports System.IO

4. Use the following code to parse a Word document.

C#

// Opens the Word template document
using (WordDocument document = new WordDocument("Template.docx"))
{
    // Gets the string that contains the whole document content as text
    string text = document.GetText();
    // Create a new text file and write the specified string in it
    File.WriteAllText("Result.txt", text);
}

VB

' Opens the Word template document
Using document As WordDocument = New WordDocument("Template.docx")
    ' Gets the string that contains the whole document content as text
    Dim text As String = document.GetText
    ' Create a new text file and write the specified string in it
    File.WriteAllText("Result.txt", text)
End Using

A complete working example to parse Word document using C# can be downloaded from parse Word document.zip

Input Word document as follows.

By executing the program, you will get the output text file as follows.

Take a moment to peruse the documentation, where you can find basic Word document processing options along with features like mail merge, merge and split documents, find and replace text in the Word document, protect the Word documents, and most importantly PDF and Image conversions with code examples.

Explore more about the rich set of Syncfusion® Word Framework features.

Conclusion

I hope you enjoyed learning about how to parse a Word document using C# and VB.NET.

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