Word to Image Conversion Using the Syncfusion .NET Word Library

The Syncfusion^® .NET Word Library offers comprehensive APIs to convert a Word document into an image programmatically with a few lines of code and without Microsoft Word or interop dependencies. It allows you to convert individual pages or the entire document into images.

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Convert Word to images using C#

Learn how to convert Word documents to images programmatically using C# with the Syncfusion .NET Word Library. This guide demonstrates converting individual pages or entire documents into image 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.DocIORenderer.Net.Core package to your project from NuGet.org.

Step 3: Add required namespaces to convert Word to images

Add the following namespaces to your Program.cs file:

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

Step 4: Open the Word document

Open an existing Word document for conversion to images.

c#
FileStream fileStream = new FileStream(Path.GetFullPath(@"Data/Template.docx"), FileMode.Open);
 //Load an existing Word document
 WordDocument wordDocument = new WordDocument(fileStream, FormatType.Automatic);

Step 5: Convert Word document page to image

Create a DocIORenderer instance and convert the first page of the Word document into an image stream.

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c#
//Create an instance of DocIORenderer
DocIORenderer renderer = new DocIORenderer();
//Convert the first page of the Word document into an image
Stream imageStream = wordDocument.RenderAsImages(0, ExportImageFormat.Jpeg);

Step 6: Save the output image

Save the converted image stream to an output file.

c#
//Create the output image file stream
 FileStream fileStreamOutput = File.Create(Path.GetFullPath(@"Output/Output.jpeg"));
 //Copy the converted image stream into created output stream
 imageStream.CopyTo(fileStreamOutput);
 // Close resources explicitly
 fileStreamOutput.Close();
 imageStream.Close();
 wordDocument.Close();
 fileStream.Close();