Telerik Document Processing
Words Processing
- Create and modify various document formats like DOCX, RTF, HTML, TXT, convert from one format to another, and export to PDF with the powerful Telerik WodsProcessing Library.
- WordsProcessing is part of the Telerik Document Processing Library suite which provides a complete set of APIs for manipulation of the most popular document formats for web, desktop and mobile apps.
- The fastest and easiest way to handle any document with optimal performance all while using your preferred .NET languages, with zero dependency on external software, a convenient API and support for a variety of formats.
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Overview
The WordsProcessing is a powerful .NET library that is part of your Telerik UI product. It ships with support for .NET framework as well as .NET Core and .NET Standard. It enables the creation and modification of flow documents such as DOCX, RTF, HTML and plain text, importing Doc and Dot files, as well as export to PDF using your favorite .NET language—C# or VB.NET. It has never been easier to generate a document or a PDF in your web, mobile or desktop application or on a server and convert them from one format to another, for example converting Word documents to PDF.
Documentation on the Telerik WordsProcessing Library
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No External Dependencies
The document model is completely independent from external libraries or UI. Users are able to process Microsoft Word supported documents even without having Microsoft Word, Microsoft Office or any other external library installed on the client or server.
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Fast Performance
WordsProcessing is optimized to offer unmatched performance with virtually no limitations on the amount of data processed. You can quickly generate files with large amounts of data without hindering performance or consuming too much memory.
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Converting Documents
Not only does WordsProcessing allow smooth export, import, creation and modification of different file formats, but it also allows you to easily convert documents from one format to another. The library is a vehicle to meet all your document conversion needs: convert PDF to Word, convert Word to PDF, convert HTML to Word or PDF and convert Word to HTML using C# and VB.NET. Whatever the task at hand, WordsProcessing allows you to easily deliver content in the most suitable format.
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Rich Document Model
The document model of the WordsProcessing library features all the necessary document elements and features allowing you to build both simple and sophisticated documents. Don’t shy away from adding the level of complexity to your document that best conveys the messages you are attempting to communicate. Some of the capabilities included are:
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Characters
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Sections
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Paragraphs
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Tables
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Lists
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Section formatting
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Inlines—runs, images, fields, breaks, bookmarks, hyperlinks, tab stops
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Styles and many more
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Inline and Floating Images
Both inline and floating images of the most popular imaging formats can be used with the Telerik WordsProcessing library as well as support for working with the respective image properties such as Source, Size, Flip, Rotation and AspectRatio and more. Feel free to add the images of your choice in the format of your choice to most effectively communicate your messages.
Documentation on Inline and Floating images in RadWordsProcessing
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Bookmarks and Hyperlinks
Bookmarks and hyperlinks are an integral part of documents, aiding users in their document navigation or pointing to a specific location in the document or to a webpage. Ensure a smooth and easy navigation experience for users with this easy to use functionality of the WordsProcessing library.
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Permission Ranges
Should you need to define permissions for certain parts of the document, the permission ranges feature of the WordsProcessing library is here to help. You can use it to mark certain portions of the document as read only, or to disallow comments, and you can define different permissions that apply to different roles such as administrators, contributors, editors, owners, etc. You no longer have to worry about unauthorized access to your content.
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Tables
Without question, tables are one of the most common elements used in documents. Arranging the content in a grid-based fashion and having full control over the table properties such as Rows, Columns, Styles, Direction, Conditional Formatting, Layout Type, Overlaps and more are supported in WordsProcessing. This allows the creation of a variety of table visualizations in your documents to make them clear and easy-to-read.
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Headers and Footers
The document model in the Telerik WordsProcessing library features support for inserting headers and footers in the generated documents. Full customization of the content in the headers and footers is possible, as well as adding watermarks, page number and date fields. You can define whether to position headers and footers on all pages or different entries for even and odd pages. Ensure your readers have the best experience with your documents.
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Watermarks
With the Telerik WordsProcessing Library you can add text or images behind the document content with the watermarks functionality to identify the document status, mark it as confidential, insert a company logo and more.
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Bulleted and Numbered Lists
Easily create a variety of lists, such as bulleted lists, numbered lists as well as custom lists with the needed hierarchical depth with the APIs of the Telerik WordsProcessing Library. List creation that clearly conveys your messaging is easily accomplished in just a few steps.
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Comments
Add comments to a specific location in the document to identify an action item that has to be taken ensuring all necessary edits and changes will be made by the proper stakeholder.
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Styles
The styles feature for documents provides rich editing capabilities for achieving a consistent look over the content in the document. It allows predefining the sets of characters, paragraphs or table style definitions. Readily deliver the highest quality and most uniform experience for an enhanced user experience.
Documentation on the various Style capabilities of RadWordsProcessing
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Document Themes
Document themes allows specifying colors, fonts and a variety of graphic effects in a document and impacts the look and feel of the entire document. Produce highly stylized documents with complete confidence they will have the desired impact.
Documentation on the Document Themes support in RadWordsProcessing
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Mail Merge
Creating personalized documents with a fixed content template can be achieved with the mail merge functionality of the WordsProcessing library. It will help you automatically insert individual names, addresses, order numbers or any other relevant personal information in the document. Use the merge fields in combination with a data source of your choice for the content that has to be replaced through the merge process. Your campaigns will achieve a new level of effectiveness with this simple personalization feature.
Documentation on the Mail Merge functionality of RadWordsProcessing
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Clone and Merge Documents
With WordsProcessing you can clone or merge DOCX, RTF and HTML documents by specifying which styles should be used during the merge process. You can also merge only specific document elements, such as runs and paragraphs, from a source doc into a target one. It has never been easier to merge content from multiple sources to create documents that include all essential pieces of information.
Documentation on how to Clone and Merge documents with RadWordsPocessing
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Find and Replace
The Telerik WordsProcessing library features a convenient API for replacing certain content or styles and allows you to easily amend the document content. Ensure content accuracy with this easy-to-use feature - very handy for long form documents.
Documentation on the Find and Replace capabilities of RadWordsProcessing
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Content Controls
Content controls or Structured Document Tags (SDT) enable users to add specific components to the document that can help the user enter input in more convenient manner as well as to restrict the user input to predefined format. The supported components are CheckBox, ComboBox, Date, DropDownList, Image, Citation, Bibliography, and many more.
Documentation on the Content Controls support in RadWordsProcessing.
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Replace Text with Other Document Elements
With the Telerik WordsProcessing Library you can also replace text with other document elements, such as a single or multiple inlines, a paragraph, table or multiple paragraphs and tables.
For more information check out the Telerik WordsProcessing Library documentation
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