Append Document To Blank

This tutorial explains how to use Aspose.Words for .NET to append the contents of one document to a blank destination document. The provided source code demonstrates how to create a new document, remove its content, and then append the source document to it.

Step 1: Set up the project

Ensure that you have the following prerequisites:

• Aspose.Words for .NET library installed. You can download it from [Aspose.Releases]https://releases.aspose.com/words/net/ or use NuGet package manager to install it.
• A document directory path where the source and destination documents are located.

Step 2: Create a new destination document

Create a new Document object for the destination document.

// Path to your document directory
string dataDir = "YOUR DOCUMENT DIRECTORY";

Document srcDoc = new Document(dataDir + "Document source.docx");
Document dstDoc = new Document();

Step 3: Remove existing content from the destination document

To ensure a clean destination document, remove all existing content from the document using the RemoveAllChildren method.

dstDoc.RemoveAllChildren();

Step 4: Append the source document to the destination document

Append the contents of the source document to the destination document using the AppendDocument method with ImportFormatMode.KeepSourceFormatting option.

dstDoc.AppendDocument(srcDoc, ImportFormatMode.KeepSourceFormatting);

Step 5: Save the destination document

Finally, save the modified destination document using the Save method of the Document object.

dstDoc.Save(dataDir + "JoinAndAppendDocuments.AppendDocumentToBlank.docx");

This completes the implementation of appending a document to a blank destination document using Aspose.Words for .NET.

Example source code for Append Document To Blank using Aspose.Words for .NET

	// Path to your document directory 
	string dataDir = "YOUR DOCUMENT DIRECTORY";

	Document srcDoc = new Document(dataDir + "Document source.docx");
	Document dstDoc = new Document();
	// The destination document is not empty, often causing a blank page to appear before the appended document.
	// This is due to the base document having an empty section and the new document being started on the next page.
	// Remove all content from the destination document before appending.
	dstDoc.RemoveAllChildren();
	dstDoc.AppendDocument(srcDoc, ImportFormatMode.KeepSourceFormatting);
	dstDoc.Save(dataDir + "JoinAndAppendDocuments.AppendDocumentToBlank.docx");