How to split a table without losing their format in Word document using C#?

Syncfusion Essential DocIO is a .NET Core Word library used to create, read, and edit Word documents programmatically without Microsoft Word or Interop dependencies. Using this library, you can split a table without losing their format in the Word document in C#.

Steps to split a table without losing their format in the Word document:

1. Create a new C# .NET Core console application project.
2. Install the Syncfusion.DocIO.Net.Core NuGet package as a reference to your .NET Core applications from NuGet.org.
3. Include the following namespace in the Program.cs file:

C#

using Syncfusion.DocIO;
using Syncfusion.DocIO.DLS;

4. Use the following code example to split a table without losing their format in the Word document:

C#

//Open the file as a stream.
using (FileStream inputStream = new FileStream(Path.GetFullPath(@"../../../Input.docx"), FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read, FileShare.ReadWrite))
{
    //Load the file stream into a Word document.
    using (WordDocument document = new WordDocument(inputStream, FormatType.Docx))
    {
        //Access table in a Word document.
        WTable table = document.Sections[0].Tables[0] as WTable;
        //The row at which the table is being split.
        int rowIndex = 2;
        WTable secondTable = SplitTable(table, rowIndex);
        //Add the second table.
        table.OwnerTextBody.ChildEntities.Add(secondTable);
        //Create a file stream.
        using (FileStream outputFileStream = new FileStream(Path.GetFullPath(@"../../../Sample.docx"), FileMode.Create, FileAccess.ReadWrite))
        {
            //Save the Word document to the file stream.
            document.Save(outputFileStream, FormatType.Docx);
        }
    }
}

5. Helper method to split the table depending on the row index.

C#

/// <summary>
/// Split the table depending on the row index.
/// </summary>
private static WTable SplitTable(WTable table, int rowIndex)
{
    //Clone the table.
    WTable clonedTable = table.Clone();
    //Remove splitted rows from the table.
    while (rowIndex < table.Rows.Count)
    {
        table.Rows.Remove(table.Rows[rowIndex]);
    }
    //Remove initial rows from the cloned table.
    while (rowIndex != 0)
    {
        clonedTable.Rows.Remove(clonedTable.Rows[0]);
        rowIndex--;
    }
    return clonedTable;
}

A complete working sample to split a table without losing their format in the Word document in C# can be downloaded from GitHub.

By executing the program, you will get the Output document as follows.

Take a moment to peruse the documentation, where you can find basic Word document processing options along with the features like mail merge, merge and split documents, find and replace text in the Word document, protect the Word documents, and most importantly, the PDF and Image conversions with code examples.

Explore more about the rich set of Syncfusion Word Framework features.

See Also:

How to avoid table splitting across the pages in Word document

How to create a simple table in a paragraph

Is it possible to add/remove column from the table

How to insert a row with the same formatting in a Word document

Conclusion

I hope you enjoyed learning about how to split a table without losing their format in Word document using C#.

You can refer to our .NET Core Word library feature tour page to know about its other groundbreaking feature representations. You can also explore our .NET Core Word library examples to understand how to present and manipulate data.

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