## Story class Base class for elements that contain block-level nodes [Paragraph](../paragraph/) and [Table](../../aspose.words.tables/table/). To learn more, visit the [Logical Levels of Nodes in a Document](https://docs.aspose.com/words/cpp/logical-levels-of-nodes-in-a-document/) documentation article. ```cpp class Story : public Aspose::Words::CompositeNode, public IStory ``` ## Methods | Method | Description | | --- | --- | | virtual [Accept](../node/accept/)(System::SharedPtr\) | Accepts a visitor. | | virtual [AcceptEnd](../compositenode/acceptend/)(System::SharedPtr\) | When implemented in a derived class, calls the VisitXXXEnd method of the specified document visitor. | | virtual [AcceptStart](../compositenode/acceptstart/)(System::SharedPtr\) | When implemented in a derived class, calls the VisitXXXStart method of the specified document visitor. | | [AppendChild](../compositenode/appendchild/)(T) | | | [AppendParagraph](./appendparagraph/)(const System::String\&) | A shortcut method that creates a [Paragraph](../paragraph/) object with optional text and appends it to the end of this object. | | [Clone](../node/clone/)(bool) | Creates a duplicate of the node. | | [DeleteShapes](./deleteshapes/)() | Deletes all shapes from the text of this story. | | [get_Count](../compositenode/get_count/)() | Gets the number of immediate children of this node. | | [get_CustomNodeId](../node/get_customnodeid/)() const | Specifies custom node identifier. | | virtual [get_Document](../node/get_document/)() const | Gets the document to which this node belongs. | | [get_FirstChild](../compositenode/get_firstchild/)() const | Gets the first child of the node. | | [get_FirstParagraph](./get_firstparagraph/)() override | Gets the first paragraph in the story. | | [get_HasChildNodes](../compositenode/get_haschildnodes/)() | Returns **true** if this node has any child nodes. | | [get_IsComposite](../compositenode/get_iscomposite/)() override | Returns **true** as this node can have child nodes. | | [get_LastChild](../compositenode/get_lastchild/)() const | Gets the last child of the node. | | [get_LastParagraph](./get_lastparagraph/)() override | Gets the last paragraph in the story. | | [get_NextNode](../node/get_nextnode/)() const | | | [get_NextSibling](../node/get_nextsibling/)() | Gets the node immediately following this node. | | virtual [get_NodeType](../node/get_nodetype/)() const | Gets the type of this node. | | [get_Paragraphs](./get_paragraphs/)() override | Gets a collection of paragraphs that are immediate children of the story. | | [get_ParentNode](../node/get_parentnode/)() | Gets the immediate parent of this node. | | [get_PreviousSibling](../node/get_previoussibling/)() | Gets the node immediately preceding this node. | | [get_PrevNode](../node/get_prevnode/)() const | | | [get_Range](../node/get_range/)() | Returns a [Range](../range/) object that represents the portion of a document that is contained in this node. | | [get_StoryType](./get_storytype/)() override | Gets the type of this story. | | [get_Tables](./get_tables/)() override | Gets a collection of tables that are immediate children of the story. | | [GetAncestor](../node/getancestor/)(Aspose::Words::NodeType) | Gets the first ancestor of the specified [NodeType](../nodetype/). | | [GetAncestorOf](../node/getancestorof/)() | | | [GetChild](../compositenode/getchild/)(Aspose::Words::NodeType, int32_t, bool) | Returns an Nth child node that matches the specified type. | | [GetChildNodes](../compositenode/getchildnodes/)(Aspose::Words::NodeType, bool) | Returns a live collection of child nodes that match the specified type. | | [GetEnumerator](../compositenode/getenumerator/)() override | Provides support for the for each style iteration over the child nodes of this node. | | [GetText](../compositenode/gettext/)() override | Gets the text of this node and of all its children. | | [GetType](./gettype/)() const override | | | [IndexOf](../compositenode/indexof/)(const System::SharedPtr\\&) | Returns the index of the specified child node in the child node array. | | [InsertAfter](../compositenode/insertafter/)(T, const System::SharedPtr\\&) | | | [InsertBefore](../compositenode/insertbefore/)(T, const System::SharedPtr\\&) | | | [Is](./is/)(const System::TypeInfo\&) const override | | | [IsAncestorNode](../node/isancestornode/)(const System::SharedPtr\\&) | | | [NextPreOrder](../node/nextpreorder/)(const System::SharedPtr\\&) | Gets next node according to the pre-order tree traversal algorithm. | | static [NodeTypeToString](../node/nodetypetostring/)(Aspose::Words::NodeType) | A utility method that converts a node type enum value into a user friendly string. | | [PrependChild](../compositenode/prependchild/)(T) | | | [PreviousPreOrder](../node/previouspreorder/)(const System::SharedPtr\\&) | Gets the previous node according to the pre-order tree traversal algorithm. | | [Remove](../node/remove/)() | Removes itself from the parent. | | [RemoveAllChildren](../compositenode/removeallchildren/)() | Removes all the child nodes of the current node. | | [RemoveChild](../compositenode/removechild/)(T) | | | [RemoveSmartTags](../compositenode/removesmarttags/)() | Removes all [SmartTag](../../aspose.words.markup/smarttag/) descendant nodes of the current node. | | [SelectNodes](../compositenode/selectnodes/)(const System::String\&) | Selects a list of nodes matching the XPath expression. | | [SelectSingleNode](../compositenode/selectsinglenode/)(const System::String\&) | Selects the first [Node](../node/) that matches the XPath expression. | | [set_CustomNodeId](../node/set_customnodeid/)(int32_t) | Setter for [Aspose::Words::Node::get_CustomNodeId](../node/get_customnodeid/). | | [set_NextNode](../node/set_nextnode/)(const System::SharedPtr\\&) | | | [set_PrevNode](../node/set_prevnode/)(const System::SharedPtr\\&) | | | [SetParent](../node/setparent/)(const System::SharedPtr\\&) | | | [ToString](../node/tostring/)(Aspose::Words::SaveFormat) | Exports the content of the node into a string in the specified format. | | [ToString](../node/tostring/)(const System::SharedPtr\\&) | Exports the content of the node into a string using the specified save options. | | static [Type](./type/)() | | ## Remarks Text of a Word document is said to consist of several stories. The main text is stored in the main text story represented by [Body](../body/), each header and footer is stored in a separate story represented by [HeaderFooter](../headerfooter/). ## Examples Shows how to remove all shapes from a node. ```cpp auto doc = System::MakeObject(); auto builder = System::MakeObject(doc); // Use a DocumentBuilder to insert a shape. This is an inline shape, // which has a parent Paragraph, which is a child node of the first section's Body. builder->InsertShape(ShapeType::Cube, 100.0, 100.0); ASSERT_EQ(1, doc->GetChildNodes(NodeType::Shape, true)->get_Count()); // We can delete all shapes from the child paragraphs of this Body. ASSERT_EQ(StoryType::MainText, doc->get_FirstSection()->get_Body()->get_StoryType()); doc->get_FirstSection()->get_Body()->DeleteShapes(); ASSERT_EQ(0, doc->GetChildNodes(NodeType::Shape, true)->get_Count()); ``` ## See Also * Class [CompositeNode](../compositenode/) * Namespace [Aspose::Words](../) * Library [Aspose.Words for C++](../../)