Set Content Control Style

This tutorial explains how to set the style of a content control in a Word document using Aspose.Words for .NET. You can apply pre-defined or custom styles to content controls for consistent formatting.

Prerequisites

To follow this tutorial, you need to have the following:

• Aspose.Words for .NET library installed.
• Basic knowledge of C# and Words Processing with Word documents.

Step 1: Set up the Document Directory

Start by setting up the path to your document directory. Replace "YOUR DOCUMENT DIRECTORY" with the actual path to the directory where your document is located.

string dataDir = "YOUR DOCUMENT DIRECTORY";

Step 2: Load the Document and Retrieve the Content Control

Load the Word document using the Document constructor, passing the path to the document as a parameter. Retrieve the desired content control from the document. In this example, we assume that the content control is the first structured document tag in the document.

Document doc = new Document(dataDir + "Structured document tags.docx");
StructuredDocumentTag sdt = (StructuredDocumentTag)doc.GetChild(NodeType.StructuredDocumentTag, 0, true);

Step 3: Retrieve the Style and Apply to Content Control

Retrieve the desired style from the document’s styles collection. In this example, we retrieve the “Quote” style by using StyleIdentifier.Quote. Then, assign the retrieved style to the Style property of the structured document tag.

Style style = doc.Styles[StyleIdentifier.Quote];
sdt.Style = style;

Step 4: Save the Document

Save the modified document to the specified directory using the Save method. Provide the desired filename with the appropriate file extension. In this example, we save the document as “WorkingWithSdt.SetContentControlStyle.docx”.

doc.Save(dataDir + "WorkingWithSdt.SetContentControlStyle.docx");

Example source code for Set Content Control Style using Aspose.Words for .NET

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

	Document doc = new Document(dataDir + "Structured document tags.docx");
	StructuredDocumentTag sdt = (StructuredDocumentTag) doc.GetChild(NodeType.StructuredDocumentTag, 0, true);
	Style style = doc.Styles[StyleIdentifier.Quote];
	sdt.Style = style;
	doc.Save(dataDir + "WorkingWithSdt.SetContentControlStyle.docx");

That’s it! You have successfully set the style of a content control in your Word document using Aspose.Words for .NET.