UI for WinForms
RadWordsProcessing is a powerful .NET library that is part of your Telerik UI for Winforms product. With it, you can build and change flow documents such as docx, RTF, HTML and plain text, as well as export to PDF. We are confident that you will find this the easiest way to generate a document or a PDF in your web, mobile or desktop app or on a server and convert it from one format to another like Word to PDF, Word to HTML and more.
The document model is fully independent from third-party 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.
WordsProcessing for WinForms is designed to offer outstanding performance with zero limitations on the amount of data processed. You can swiftly create files containing large amounts of data without sacrificing performance or consuming too much memory.
Not only does RadWordsProcessing allow smooth export, import, creation and modification of different file formats, but it also allows you to easily convert files from one format to another. RadWordsProcessing for Winforms is essentially a library for creating Word docs, PDFs, docx, and a vehicle to meet all your document conversion needs: convert Word to PDF, convert HTML to Word or PDF and convert Word to HTML. No matter the document type you require, WordsProcessing gives you the flexibility to create it – fast!
At times, documents require specific user permissions for certain parts of the document. To make that task easier, the permission ranges feature of WordsProcessing for WinForms lets you mark certain portions of the document as read only, or to disallow comments. Additionally, you can specify different permissions that apply to different roles—such as administrators, contributors, editors, owners, etc. Ensure the integrity and security of your content by granting specific permissions to specific individuals.
Documentation on the Permission Ranges support in RadWordsProcessing
Tables are a common element used when creating documents. The WinForms WordsProcessing library gives you complete control over the table properties such as Rows, Columns, Styles, Layout Type and more. Choose the table type to communicate your data most effectively in the style you prefer.
This feature allows end users to add a Table of Contents to their documents. Additionally, WordsProcessing enables you to insert a table of contents in your RadFlowDocument document using heading styles, other specified styles, outline levels, captions or entries specified by TC (Table of Contents Entry) fields. The Table of Contents can be updated once there are changes made to the document in order to keep it accurate.
WordsProcessing for WinForms supports inserting headers and footers in the generated documents. In addition, you can custom tailor the content in the headers and footers, as well as add watermarks, page number or date fields, and define the placement of headers and footers on all pages or different entries for even and odd pages.
Documentation on the Header and Footer support in RadWordsProcessing
With RadWordsProcessing for WinForms you can add text or images like a company logo behind the document content with the watermarks functionality to identify the document status or mark it as confidential.
Documentation on the Watermark support in RadWordsProcessing
You can create bulleted, numbered list as well as custom lists with the desired hierarchical depth with the powerful APIs of RadWordsProcessing for WinForms, ensuring what you are trying to convey in your lists is effectively communicated.
Documentation on the Bulleted and Numbered Lists support in RadWordsProcessing
Add comments to a specific place in the document to identify an action item that needs to be taken. This feature speeds editing cycles while clearly instructing what each stakeholder in the document needs to do to bring it to a finished state.
Achieve a consistent look throughout the document by flowing feature styles which contain sets of characters, paragraphs or table style definitions and deliver powerful editing capabilities. With minimal effort you will always produce the most professional documents.
Documentation on the various Style capabilities of RadWordsProcessing
With the WinForms WordsProcessing library document themes you can choose colors, fonts and a variety of graphic effects in a document to enhance the look and feel of the entire document. Deliver the graphical user experience of your choice to best convey your messages.
Documentation on the Document Themes support in RadWordsProcessing
The mail merge functionality of WordsProcessing for WinForms lets you generate personalized documents with a fixed content template. Simply use the merge fields in combination with a data source of your choice to identify the content that has to be replaced during the merge process—name, address, order number or any other personal information. By personalizing campaigns, you’ll see a better return on your time and effort.
Documentation on the Mail Merge functionality of RadWordsProcessing
WordsProcessing for WinForms makes it easy to clone a single document or merge multiple DOCX, RTF and HTML documents by specifying which styles should be used during the merge process. It also makes it easy to merge specific document elements like runs and paragraphs from a source document into a target document. Incorporating content from multiple sources into a single document has never been easier.
Documentation on how to Clone and Merge documents with RadWordsPocessing
To rapidly complete find and replace tasks, the WinForms WordsProcessing library features a handy API that allows you to easily change the document content. This feature saves a lot of time and energy to the repetitive task of find and replacing, especially in longer documents.
Documentation on the Find and Replace capabilities of RadWordsProcessing
The document model of WordsProcessing for WinForms features all the necessary document elements and features, allowing you to build both simple and sophisticated documents. You’ll have the ability to readily insert the elements of your choice to any document. Some of the capabilities included are:
Characters
Sections
Paragraphs
Tables
Lists
Section formatting
Inlines—runs, images, fields, breaks, bookmarks, hyperlinks, tab stops
Styles and many more
Documentation on the Rich Document Model of RadWordsProcessing
The Telerik WinForms WordsProcessing library supports both inline and floating images of the most popular imaging formats. It also provides support for working with the respective image properties such as Source, Size, Flip, Rotation, AspectRatio and more. Feel free to choose the image format of your choice knowing you can readily embed it in your document.
Documentation on Inline and Floating images in RadWordsProcessing
WordsProcessing for WinForms provides support for bookmarks and hyperlinks that assist users in their document navigation, pointing to a specific location in the document or to a webpage. Make navigation as easy as possible for readers of your documents, enhancing the overall user experience.
Documentation on the bookmarks support in RadWordsProcessing
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.