| title | Convert Word to Text document and vice versa in C# | Syncfusion |
|---|---|
| description | Learn how to convert Word document to text file and vice versa using the .NET Word (DocIO) library without Microsoft Word or interop dependencies. |
| platform | document-processing |
| control | DocIO |
| documentation | UG |
The Essential® DocIO converts the Word document into Text file and vice versa.
To quickly start converting a Word document to Text and vice versa, please check out this video: {% youtube "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sK71TfWEtk8" %}
The following code example shows how to convert the Word document into text file.
N> Refer to the appropriate tabs in the code snippets section: C# [Cross-platform] for ASP.NET Core, Blazor, Xamarin, UWP, .NET MAUI, and WinUI; C# [Windows-specific] for WinForms and WPF; VB.NET [Windows-specific] for VB.NET applications.
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{% highlight c# tabtitle="C# [Cross-platform]" playgroundButtonLink="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/SyncfusionExamples/DocIO-Examples/main/Text-file-conversion/Convert-Word-to-text-file/.NET/Convert-Word-to-text-file/Program.cs" %} FileStream fileStreamPath = new FileStream("Template.docx", FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read, FileShare.ReadWrite); //Opens an existing document from file system through constructor of WordDocument class using (WordDocument document = new WordDocument(fileStreamPath, FormatType.Docx)) { //Saves the Word document to MemoryStream MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream(); document.Save(stream, FormatType.Txt); //Closes the Word document document.Close(); } {% endhighlight %}
{% highlight c# tabtitle="C# [Windows-specific]" %} //Loads a template document WordDocument document = new WordDocument("Template.docx"); //Saves the document as text file document.Save("WordToText.txt", FormatType.Txt); //Closes the document document.Close(); {% endhighlight %}
{% highlight vb.net tabtitle="VB.NET [Windows-specific]" %} 'Loads a text file Dim document As New WordDocument("Template.docx") 'Saves the document as text file document.Save("WordToText.txt", FormatType.Txt) 'Closes the document document.Close() {% endhighlight %}
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You can download a complete working sample from GitHub.
The following code example shows how to convert a Text file into Word document.
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{% highlight c# tabtitle="C# [Cross-platform]" playgroundButtonLink="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/SyncfusionExamples/DocIO-Examples/main/Text-file-conversion/Convert-text-file-to-Word/.NET/Convert-text-file-to-Word/Program.cs" %} FileStream fileStreamPath = new FileStream("Template.txt", FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read, FileShare.ReadWrite); //Opens an existing document from file system through constructor of WordDocument class using (WordDocument document = new WordDocument(fileStreamPath, FormatType.Txt)) { //Saves the Word document to MemoryStream MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream(); document.Save(stream, FormatType.Docx); //Closes the Word document document.Close(); } {% endhighlight %}
{% highlight c# tabtitle="C# [Windows-specific]" %} //Loads a text file WordDocument document = new WordDocument("Template.txt"); //Saves the document as text file document.Save("TextToWord.docx", FormatType.Docx); //Closes the document document.Close(); {% endhighlight %}
{% highlight vb.net tabtitle="VB.NET [Windows-specific]" %} 'Loads a text file Dim document As New WordDocument("Template.txt") 'Saves the document as text file document.Save("TextToWord.docx", FormatType.Docx) 'Closes the document document.Close() {% endhighlight %}
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You can download a complete working sample from GitHub.
The following code example shows how to retrieve the Word document contents as a plain text.
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{% highlight c# tabtitle="C# [Cross-platform]" playgroundButtonLink="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/SyncfusionExamples/DocIO-Examples/main/Text-file-conversion/Retrieve-Word-document-as-plain-text/.NET/Retrieve-Word-document-as-plain-text/Program.cs" %} FileStream fileStreamPath = new FileStream("Template.docx", FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read, FileShare.ReadWrite); //Opens an existing document from file system through constructor of WordDocument class using (WordDocument document = new WordDocument(fileStreamPath, FormatType.Docx)) { //Gets the document text string text = document.GetText(); //Creates new Word document WordDocument newdocument = new WordDocument(); //Adds new section IWSection section = newdocument.AddSection(); //Adds new paragraph IWParagraph paragraph = section.AddParagraph(); //Appends the text to the paragraph paragraph.AppendText(text); //Saves the Word document to MemoryStream MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream(); newdocument.Save(stream, FormatType.Docx); //Closes the Word document document.Close(); newdocument.Close(); } {% endhighlight %}
{% highlight c# tabtitle="C# [Windows-specific]" %} //Loads a template document WordDocument document = new WordDocument("Template.docx"); //Gets the document text string text = document.GetText(); //Creates new Word document WordDocument newdocument = new WordDocument(); //Adds new section IWSection section = newdocument.AddSection(); //Adds new paragraph IWParagraph paragraph = section.AddParagraph(); //Appends the text to the paragraph paragraph.AppendText(text); //Saves and closes the document newdocument.Save("Sample.docx"); newdocument.Close(); document.Close(); {% endhighlight %}
{% highlight vb.net tabtitle="VB.NET [Windows-specific]" %} 'Loads a template document Dim document As New WordDocument("Template.docx") 'Gets the document text Dim text As String = document.GetText() 'Creates new Word document Dim newdocument As New WordDocument() 'Adds new section Dim section As IWSection = newdocument.AddSection() 'Adds new paragraph Dim paragraph As IWParagraph = section.AddParagraph() 'Appends the text to the paragraph paragraph.AppendText(text) 'Saves and closes the document newdocument.Save("Sample.docx") newdocument.Close() document.Close() {% endhighlight %}
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You can download a complete working sample from GitHub.