Use Destination Styles

This tutorial will guide you through the process of using the Use Destination Styles feature of Aspose.Words for .NET. This feature allows you to join and append Word documents while applying the styles of the destination document.

Prerequisites

Before you begin, make sure you have the following:

  1. Aspose.Words for .NET installed. You can download it from the Aspose website or install it via NuGet.
  2. Visual Studio or any other C# development environment.

Step 1: Initialize the Document Directories

First, you need to set the path to your document directory. Modify the value of the dataDir variable to the path where your documents are located.

string dataDir = "YOUR DOCUMENT DIRECTORY";

Step 2: Load the Source and Destination Documents

Next, you need to load the source and destination documents using the Aspose.Words Document class. Update the file names in the Document constructor according to your document names.

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

Step 3: Append the Source Document with Destination Styles

To append the source document to the destination document while applying the styles of the destination document, you can use the AppendDocument method of the Document class with the ImportFormatMode.UseDestinationStyles parameter.

dstDoc.AppendDocument(srcDoc, ImportFormatMode.UseDestinationStyles);

Step 4: Save the Final Document

Finally, save the merged document with the Use Destination Styles feature enabled using the Save method of the Document class.

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

Example source code for Use Destination Styles using Aspose.Words for .NET

Here’s the full source code for the “Use Destination Styles” feature in C# 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(dataDir + "Northwind traders.docx");
	// Append the source document using the styles of the destination document.
	dstDoc.AppendDocument(srcDoc, ImportFormatMode.UseDestinationStyles);
	dstDoc.Save(dataDir + "JoinAndAppendDocuments.UseDestinationStyles.docx");

That’s it! You have successfully implemented the Use Destination Styles feature using Aspose.Words for .NET. The final document will contain the merged content with the styles of the destination document applied.