Merge Multiple Word Documents in C# With Same Format

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Hi All I am able to Merge multiple word documents into a single word document but i am not getting the same format ? Could u please help me out to get the same format. Code: Word.Application objWordApp = new Word.Application(); Word.Document objWordDoc = new Word.Document(); object missing = Type.Missing; object visible = true; object objCreateDoc = E:\MergeTemplates\Temp.doc; string strNewDocPath1 = E:\MergeTemplates\Template1.doc; string strNewDocPath2 = E:\MergeTemplates\Template2.doc; string strNewDocPath3 = E:\MergeTemplates\Template3.doc; object objPageBreak = Word.WdBreakType.wdPageBreak; try { objWordDoc = objWordApp.Documents.Open(objCreateDoc false false ref missing ref missing ref missing ref missing ref missing ref missing ref missing ref missing true ref missing ref missing ref missing ref missing); objWordDoc.Activate(); objWordApp.Selection.InsertFile(strNewDocPath1 ref missing true ref missing ref missing); objWordApp.Selection.InsertBreak(ref objPageBreak); objWordApp.Selection.InsertFile(strNewDocPath2 ref missing ref missing ref missing ref missing); objWordApp.Selection.InsertBreak(ref objPageBreak); objWordApp.Selection.InsertFile(strNewDocPath3 ref missing ref missing ref missing ref missing); objWordApp.Selection.InsertBreak(ref objPageBreak); objWordApp.ActiveDocument.SaveAs(objCreateDoc ref missing ref missing ref missing ref missing ref missing ref missing ref missingref missing ref missing ref missing); objWordApp.ActiveDocument.Close(ref missing ref missing ref missing); } catch (Exception ex) { throw ex; }

Alex Smith · Answer

This method is capable of merging multiple Word files into one document //Load Document1 and Document2 Document DocOne = new Document(); DocOne.LoadFromFile(@E:\Work\Document\welcome.docx FileFormat.Docx); Document DocTwo = new Document(); DocTwo.LoadFromFile(@E:\Work\Document\New Zealand.docx FileFormat.Docx); //Merge foreach (Section sec in DocTwo.Sections) { DocOne.Sections.Add(sec.Clone()); } //Save and Launch DocOne.SaveToFile(Merge.docx FileFormat.Docx); By doing so you must add C# Word component as a reference in project. As for the format you need use ParagraphFromat Object to copy format from one paragraph to another this post may be helpful https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/office/en-US/95fb220d-98f1-420c-b89e-2ca88e1b505b/copy-paragraphs-from-one-word-file-and-paste-it-to-another-word-file-along-with-formatting?forum=worddev

Sumit Saxena · Answer

HI ALEX i am not able to get sec.clone() method and in foreach loop it is asking from which namespace you want to use Section - from System.Windows.Documents.Sections or from Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.Section? Please Help ASAP>

Kyle Story · Answer

Hi I'm not sure what your template files look like. I mean does the content of those importing files have a direct formatting or does it use some style. In a case they have only style formatting applied to them then you can control whether you want the content to use source document's style or a destination document's style. For example here is something that you can try: DocumentModel doc = DocumentModel .Load( E:\MergeTemplates\Temp.doc ); string [] newDocPaths = { E:\MergeTemplates\Template1.doc  E:\MergeTemplates\Template2.doc  E:\MergeTemplates\Template3.doc }; foreach ( DocumentModel newDoc in newDocPaths.Select(path => DocumentModel .Load(path))) foreach ( Section newDocSection in newDoc.Sections) // Last bool parameter indicates whether to use destination styles if 'true' // or not to use them if 'false'. doc.Sections.Add(doc.Import(newDocSection true  false )); doc.Save( E:\MergeTemplates\Temp.doc ); The code uses a C# component for Word documents  it provides a simple way how you can read and modify your DOC files with C# .

Gunti Dilip · Answer

I tried with this site but i am not getting the fromat..

Priyank Khare · Answer

Hi I think Following link will help you to get your answer- http://devpinoy.org/blogs/keithrull/archive/2007/06/09/updated-how-to-merge-multiple-microsoft-word-documents.aspx