Markdown Conversions Using the Syncfusion .NET Word Library

The Syncfusion^® .NET Word Library enables you to convert Word documents to Markdown and Markdown to Word documents in C# with just a few lines of code, without relying on Microsoft Word or interop dependencies.

Watch this video to learn how to convert Word files to Markdown and Markdown files to Word using the Syncfusion .NET Word Library.

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Perform Markdown conversions using C#

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

Add the following namespaces to your Program.cs file:

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

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/Input.docx"), FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read, FileShare.ReadWrite);
//Load the file stream into a Word document
WordDocument document = new WordDocument(fileStreamPath, FormatType.Docx);

Step 5: Save as Markdown file

Convert and Save the Word document as a Markdown file.

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

Step 6: Open a Markdown file

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

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FileStream fileStreamPath = new FileStream(Path.GetFullPath(@"Data/Input.md"), FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read, FileShare.ReadWrite);
//Load the file stream into a Markdown file
WordDocument document = new WordDocument(fileStreamPath, FormatType.Markdown);

Step 7: Save the Word document

Convert and save the Markdown content as a Word document.

Run

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