senvenqi / docx

Fast and easy to use .NET library that creates or modifies Microsoft Word files without installing Word.

What is DocX?

DocX is a .NET library that allows developers to manipulate Word 2007/2010/2013 files, in an easy and intuitive manner. DocX is fast, lightweight and best of all it does not require Microsoft Word or Office to be installed.

DocX Author

DocX is the free, open source version of Xceed Words for .NET. Originally written by Cathal Coffey, and maintained by Przemyslaw Klys, it is now maintained by Xceed.

Currently, the only difference between DocX and Xceed Words for .NET, is that Xceed Words for .NET can convert a Word document to PDF, and has professional technical support included in the subscription.

About this version

This is a port of the original DocX that has been updated to target .NET Standard 2.0. To limit any changes to the original code base this will currently only work for on Windows OS due to an existing dependency on Windows.Identity.

What else do I need?

All that you need to install in order to use DocX Standard is .NET Core 2.1 or greater and Visual Studio 2017 or later, both of which are free.

What are the main features of DocX?

Edition	DocX	Xceed Words for .NET
Price	Free	$499.95
License	Ms-PL	Proprietary
Email support		YES
Create new Word documents	YES	YES
Modify Word documents	YES	YES
Create new PDF documents		YES
Convert Word to PDF		YES
Supports .DOCX from Word 2007 and up	YES	YES
Modify multiple documents in parallel for better performance	YES	YES
Apply a template to a Word document	YES	YES
Join documents, recreate portions from one to another	YES	YES
Supports document protection with or without password	YES	YES
Set document margins and page size	YES	YES
Set line spacing, indentation, text direction, text alignment	YES	YES
Wrap text around pictures		YES
Pictures with cropping		YES
Manage fonts and font sizes	YES	YES
Set text color, bold, underline, italic, strikethrough, highlighting	YES	YES
Set page numbering	YES	YES
Create sections	YES	YES

Supported Word document elements

• Add headers or footers which can be the same on all pages, or unique for the first page, or unique for odd/even pages. Can contain images, hyperlinks and more.
• Insert/Modify paragraphs.
• Insert/Modify numbered or bulleted lists.
• Insert/Modify images. Flip, rotate, copy, modify, resize.
• Insert/Modify tables. Insert/Remove rows, columns, change direction, column width, row height, borders, merge/delete cells.
• Insert/Modify formatted equations or formulas.
• Insert/Modify bookmarks.
• Insert/Modify hyperlinks.
• Insert/Modify horizontal lines.
• Insert/Modify charts (bar, line, pie, 3D chart). Set colors, titles, legend, etc.
• Find, remove or replace text. Supports case sensitivity and regular expressions.
• Insert/Modify core or custom properties, such as author, address, subject, title, etc.
• Insert a Table Of Contents. Set title, change formatting.

Why would I use DocX?

DocX makes creating and manipulating documents a simple task. It does not use COM libraries nor does it require Microsoft Office to be installed.

The following blog post from Cathal Coffey compares the code used to create a HelloWorld document using:

1. Office Interop libraries,
2. OOXML SDK,
3. DocX

Advanced Examples

1. Step by step guide to create an invoice for a company. http://cathalscorner.blogspot.com/2009/08/docx-v1007-released.html
2. Replace text across many documents in Parallel. http://cathalscorner.blogspot.com/2010/12/replace-text-across-many-documents-in.html
3. Programmatically manipulate an Image imbedded inside a document. http://cathalscorner.blogspot.com/2010/12/programmatically-manipulate-image.html
4. Converting DocX into (.doc, .pdf, .html) http://cathalscorner.blogspot.com/2009/10/converting-docx-into-doc-pdf-html.html

Do you have an interesting or informative example that you would like to share? If you do, please email me.

What do other people think?

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