Tag Archives: Microsoft Word

List strings with a particular style in a Microsoft Word document in C#

Posted on February 17, 2019 by RodStephens

I’m writing a new book and the development editor wants me to make a list of key terms that I specifically want included in the index. I want to include all of the words marked with the style KeyTerm, so … Continue reading →

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Make a Word document with multiple pages in C#

Posted on January 31, 2019 by RodStephens

The example Create a Word document in C# shows how to create a Word document and save it into a file. See that example for the basics including how to create the document, add paragraphs to it, and save it … Continue reading →

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Create a PowerPoint presentation from a Word document in C#

Posted on February 7, 2018 by Rod Stephens

This example shows how you can create a PowerPoint presentation containing slides that correspond to selected styles in a Microsoft Word document. How to Use It Enter or select a Word document and a destination PowerPoint presentation. Enter the styles … Continue reading →

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Use Word to make a PDF containing pictures in C#

Posted on January 23, 2018 by Rod Stephens

The example Make a Word document containing pictures in C# shows how to make a Word document containing pictures taken from selected files. This example is similar to the that one (see that post for details) except it saves the … Continue reading →

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Make a Word document containing pictures in C#

Posted on January 22, 2018 by Rod Stephens

Occasionally you may want to combine selected pictures to make a Word document. This example shows one way you can search for files matching a pattern and then add them to a new Word document. This is a fairly long … Continue reading →

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Examine the unique words in a Microsoft Word file in C#

Posted on August 30, 2017 by RodStephens

This example is a modification of the earlier post List the unique words in a Microsoft Word file in C#. That program reads the words in a Microsoft word file, sorts them, and then displays the unique words in a … Continue reading →

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Convert RTF and TXT files into DOCX files in C#

Posted on January 19, 2017 by Rod Stephens

First add a reference to Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word. To make using the library easier, add this using statement: using Word = Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word; When you enter the input and output file names and click Convert, the program uses the following code to open … Continue reading →

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Convert doc files into docx files in C#

Posted on November 17, 2016 by Rod Stephens

This example shows how to write a C# program to automatically convert doc files into docx files. In a previous version of Windows, whenever I double-clicked a .doc file, I got this error message: Error The operating system is not … Continue reading →

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List the unique words in a Microsoft Word file in C#

Posted on May 31, 2015 by Rod Stephens

The example List unique words in a text file in C# shows how to list the unique the words in a text file. This example shows how to list the unique words in a Microsoft Word file. Before you start, … Continue reading →

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Add a picture to a Word document in C#

Posted on November 15, 2014 by Rod Stephens

This example shows how a C# program can add a picture to a Word document. It also shows how to use a bookmark to find the beginning of the Word document, make text flow around the picture, and align the … Continue reading →