HTML Conversions Using the Syncfusion .NET Word Library

HTML, the standard markup language that shapes the structure of webpages, serves as the foundation for online content. Now with the use of the Syncfusion^® .NET Word Library you can seamlessly convert HTML to Word documents and Word documents to HTML in C#. Simplify your HTML conversion tasks without installing Microsoft Office on your machine.

Watch this video to earn how to convert Word files to HTML and HTML files to Word using the Syncfusion .NET Word Library.

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Perform HTML conversions using C#

Learn how to convert HTML to Word documents and Word documents to HTML programmatically using C# with the Syncfusion .NET Word Library. This guide demonstrates bidirectional conversion between Word and HTML formats.

Step 1: Create a new project

Start by creating a new C# Console Application project.

Step 2: Install the NuGet package

Add the Syncfusion.DocIO.Net.Core package to your project from NuGet.org.

Step 3: Add required namespaces to perform HTML conversion

Add the following namespaces to your Program.cs file:

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

Step 4: Open a Word document

Open an existing Word document from a file stream.

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FileStream fileStreamPath = new FileStream(Path.GetFullPath(@"Data/Template.docx"), FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read, FileShare.ReadWrite);
WordDocument document = new WordDocument(fileStreamPath, FormatType.Docx);

Step 5: Save as HTML file

Convert and save the Word document as an HTML file.

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//Create file stream
FileStream outputFileStream = new FileStream(Path.GetFullPath(@"Output/Result.html"), FileMode.Create, FileAccess.ReadWrite);
//Save the Word document to file stream
document.Save(outputFileStream, FormatType.Html);
document.Close();
fileStreamPath.Close();
outputFileStream.Close();

Step 6: Open an HTML file

Open an existing HTML file and load it as a Word document.

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FileStream fileStreamPath = new FileStream(Path.GetFullPath(@"Data/Input.html"), FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read, FileShare.ReadWrite);
WordDocument document = new WordDocument(fileStreamPath, FormatType.Html);

Step 7: Save the Word document

Convert and save the HTML content as a Word document.

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//Create file stream
FileStream outputFileStream = new FileStream(Path.GetFullPath(@"Output/Result.docx"), FileMode.Create, FileAccess.ReadWrite);
//Save the Word document to file stream
document.Save(outputFileStream, FormatType.Docx);
document.Close();
fileStreamPath.Close();
outputFileStream.Close();