Convert Word to Text Using the Syncfusion .NET Word Library

The Syncfusion^® .NET Word Library offers convert Word documents to text files and vice versa with a few lines of C# code. Neither Microsoft Word nor interop dependencies are required when using the powerful Syncfusion .NET Word Library.

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Convert Word document to text using C#

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

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 text file

Convert and save the Word document as a text file.

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

Step 6: Open the text file

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

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//Loads an existing Word document into DocIO instance
FileStream fileStreamPath = new FileStream(Path.GetFullPath(@"Data/Template.txt"), FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read, FileShare.ReadWrite);
// Load the document into DocIO
WordDocument document = new WordDocument(fileStreamPath, FormatType.Txt);

Step 7: Save the Word document

Convert and save the text 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 new document to the output stream
    document.Save(outputFileStream, FormatType.Docx);
    //Close the document 
    document.Close();
    fileStreamPath.Close();
    outputFileStream.Close();