How to change section break in Word document as page break?
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 change section break in a Word document as page break using C#.
Steps to change section break in Word document as page break:
- Create a new C# .NET Core console application project.
- Install the Syncfusion.DocIO.NET.Core NuGet packages as a reference to your ASP.NET Core application from NuGet.org.
- Include the following namespaces in the Program.cs file:
C#
using Syncfusion.DocIO; using Syncfusion.DocIO.DLS;
- Use the following code snippet to change section break in a Word document as page break:
C#
using (FileStream fileStreamPath = new FileStream(Path.GetFullPath(@"../../../Input.docx"), FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read, FileShare.ReadWrite))
{
//Open an existing Word document.
using (WordDocument document = new WordDocument(fileStreamPath, FormatType.Docx))
{
//Replace the section break with page break in the Word document.
ReplaceSectionBreakWithPageBreak(document);
//Create file stream.
using (FileStream outputFileStream = new FileStream(Path.GetFullPath("../../../Sample.docx"), FileMode.Create, FileAccess.ReadWrite))
{
//Save the Word document to file stream.
document.Save(outputFileStream, FormatType.Docx);
}
}
}
5. Helper method to change section break in a Word document as page break.
C#
/// <summary>
/// Replace the section break with page break in the Word document.
/// </summary>
private static void ReplaceSectionBreakWithPageBreak(WordDocument document)
{
//Add page break and removes section break by moving the section items to the first section.
while (document.Sections.Count > 1)
{
WSection sec = document.Sections[1];
//Add page break in last paragraph of the section.
(document.Sections[0].Body.AddParagraph()).AppendBreak(BreakType.PageBreak);
//Iterate the section items in the Word document.
foreach (Entity entity in sec.Body.ChildEntities)
{
//Merge the next section to first section before removing it.
int lastItemIndex = document.Sections[0].Body.ChildEntities.Count;
document.Sections[0].Body.ChildEntities.Insert(lastItemIndex, entity.Clone());
}
//Remove section at the specified index from the Word document.
document.Sections.RemoveAt(1);
}
}
A complete working sample to change section break in a Word document as page break using C# can be downloaded from GitHub.
By executing the program, you will get the output document as follows.
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