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Word table examples

This repository contains examples that illustrates how to create, edit, format, and delete tables in Word documents programmatically in C# and VB.NET using Syncfusion .NET Word library (Essential DocIO) without Microsoft Word or Office interop dependencies.

Tables in Word documents

You can create, edit, and format simple and nested tables in a Word document. Polish the appearance of tables by applying table styles and conditional formats.

The Syncfusion Word library (Essential DocIO) provides comprehensive APIs to create, edit, format, and delete both simple and nested tables in Word documents programmatically in C# and VB.NET. It allows you to customize look of the tables by merging cells, adding or deleting columns or rows, or applying borders, enabling or disabling header rows to repeat on each page or row to break across pages. It generates professional reports with tabular data faster in a batch process without Microsoft Word or Office interop dependencies. The generated reports can be saved as a Word document, PDF, image, HTML, and more.

Key Features

Screenshots

Built-in table style

Apply built-in table style to a table in C#

Custom table style

Create new custom table style and apply to a table in C#

Syncfusion .NET Word Library

The Syncfusion DocIO is a .NET Word library allows you to add advanced Word document processing functionalities to any .NET application and does not require Microsoft Word application to be installed in the machine. It is a non-UI component that provides a full-fledged document instance model similar to the Microsoft Office COM libraries to iterate with the document elements explicitly and perform necessary manipulation.

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 documents, find and replace text in the Word document, protect the Word documents, and most importantly, the PDF and Image conversions with code examples.

Compatible Microsoft Word Versions

  • Microsoft Word 97-2003
  • Microsoft Word 2007
  • Microsoft Word 2010
  • Microsoft Word 2013
  • Microsoft Word 2016
  • Microsoft Word 2019
  • Microsoft 365

Supported File Formats

How to run the examples

  • Download this project to a location in your disk.
  • Open the solution file using Visual Studio.
  • Rebuild the solution to install the required NuGet packages.
  • Run the application.

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Support and feedback

For any other queries, reach our Syncfusion support team or post the queries through the community forums.

Request new feature through Syncfusion feedback portal.

License

This is a commercial product and requires a paid license for possession or use. Syncfusion's licensed software, including this component, is subject to the terms and conditions of Syncfusion's EULA. You can purchase a licnense here or start a free 30-day trial here.