aspose.words module

The aspose.words module provides classes for generating, converting, modifying, rendering and printing Microsoft Word documents without utilizing Microsoft Word.

Aspose.Words library is written in Python and C#, and contains only safe managed code. Microsoft Word is not required in order to use Aspose.Words.

The classes in the aspose.words module borrow best practices from two well-known frameworks: Microsoft Word Automation and System.Xml. A document in Aspose.Words is represented by a tree of nodes, much like in XML DOM. Where possible, class, method and property names match those found in Microsoft Word Automation.

The main classes in this module are:

• Document is the main class of the object model that represents a Microsoft Word document.

• DocumentBuilder provides an easy way to insert content and formatting into a document.

• Node is the base class for all nodes in the document.

• CompositeNode is the base class for all nodes of the document that can contain other nodes, for example Paragraph, Section and Table.

Classes

Class	Description
AbsolutePositionTab	An absolute position tab is a character which is used to advance the position on the current line of text when displaying this WordprocessingML content. To learn more, visit the Aspose.Words Document Object Model (DOM) documentation article.
Body	Represents a container for the main text of a section. To learn more, visit the Aspose.Words Document Object Model (DOM) documentation article.
Bookmark	Represents a single bookmark. To learn more, visit the Working with Bookmarks documentation article.
BookmarkCollection	A collection of Bookmark objects that represent the bookmarks in the specified range. To learn more, visit the Working with Bookmarks documentation article.
BookmarkEnd	Represents an end of a bookmark in a Word document. To learn more, visit the Working with Bookmarks documentation article.
BookmarkStart	Represents a start of a bookmark in a Word document. To learn more, visit the Working with Bookmarks documentation article.
Border	Represents a border of an object. To learn more, visit the Programming with Documents documentation article.
BorderCollection	A collection of Border objects. To learn more, visit the Programming with Documents documentation article.
BuildVersionInfo	Provides information about the current product name and version. To learn more, visit the Generator or Producer Name Included in Output Documents documentation article.
CleanupOptions	Allows to specify options for document cleaning. To learn more, visit the Clean Up a Document documentation article.
ComHelper	Provides methods for COM clients to load a document into Aspose.Words.
Comment	Represents a container for text of a comment. To learn more, visit the Working with Comments documentation article.
CommentCollection	Provides typed access to a collection of Comment nodes. To learn more, visit the Working with Comments documentation article.
CommentRangeEnd	Denotes the end of a region of text that has a comment associated with it. To learn more, visit the Working with Comments documentation article.
CommentRangeStart	Denotes the start of a region of text that has a comment associated with it. To learn more, visit the Working with Comments documentation article.
CompositeNode	Base class for nodes that can contain other nodes. To learn more, visit the Aspose.Words Document Object Model (DOM) documentation article.
ConditionalStyle	Represents special formatting applied to some area of a table with assigned table style. To learn more, visit the Working with Tables documentation article.
ConditionalStyleCollection	Represents a collection of ConditionalStyle objects. To learn more, visit the Working with Tables documentation article.
ControlChar	Control characters often encountered in documents. To learn more, visit the Working With Control Characters documentation article.
ConvertUtil	Provides helper functions to convert between various measurement units. To learn more, visit the Convert Between Measurement Units documentation article.
Document	Represents a Word document. To learn more, visit the Working with Document documentation article.
DocumentBase	Provides the abstract base class for a main document and a glossary document of a Word document. To learn more, visit the Aspose.Words Document Object Model (DOM) documentation article.
DocumentBuilder	Provides methods to insert text, images and other content, specify font, paragraph and section formatting. To learn more, visit the Document Builder Overview documentation article.
DocumentReaderPluginLoadException	Thrown during document load, when the plugin required for reading the document format cannot be loaded.
DocumentVisitor	Base class for custom document visitors. To learn more, visit the Aspose.Words Document Object Model (DOM) documentation article.
EditableRange	Represents a single editable range. To learn more, visit the Aspose.Words Document Object Model (DOM) documentation article.
EditableRangeEnd	Represents an end of an editable range in a Word document. To learn more, visit the Aspose.Words Document Object Model (DOM) documentation article.
EditableRangeStart	Represents a start of an editable range in a Word document. To learn more, visit the Aspose.Words Document Object Model (DOM) documentation article.
FileCorruptedException	Thrown during document load, when the document appears to be corrupted and impossible to load. To learn more, visit the Programming with Documents documentation article.
FileFormatInfo	Contains data returned by FileFormatUtil document format detection methods. To learn more, visit the Detect File Format and Check Format Compatibility documentation article.
FileFormatUtil	Provides utility methods for working with file formats, such as detecting file format or converting file extensions to/from file format enums. To learn more, visit the Detect File Format and Check Format Compatibility documentation article.
Font	Contains font attributes (font name, font size, color, and so on) for an object. To learn more, visit the Working with Fonts documentation article.
FrameFormat	Represents frame related formatting for a paragraph.
HeaderFooter	Represents a container for the header or footer text of a section. To learn more, visit the Working with Headers and Footers documentation article.
HeaderFooterCollection	Provides typed access to HeaderFooter nodes of a Section. To learn more, visit the Working with Headers and Footers documentation article.
Hyphenation	Provides methods for working with hyphenation dictionaries. These dictionaries prescribe where words of a specific language can be hyphenated. To learn more, visit the Working with Hyphenation documentation article.
IDocumentReaderPlugin	Defines an interface for external reader plugins that can read a file into a document.
IHyphenationCallback	Implemented by classes which can register hyphenation dictionaries.
INodeChangingCallback	Implement this interface if you want to receive notifications when nodes are inserted or removed in the document.
IWarningCallback	Implement this interface if you want to have your own custom method called to capture loss of fidelity warnings that can occur during document loading or saving.
ImageWatermarkOptions	Contains options that can be specified when adding a watermark with image. To learn more, visit the Working with Watermark documentation article.
ImportFormatOptions	Allows to specify various import options to format output. To learn more, visit the Specify Load Options documentation article.
IncorrectPasswordException	Thrown if a document is encrypted with a password and the password specified when opening the document is incorrect or missing. To learn more, visit the Programming with Documents documentation article.
Inline	Base class for inline-level nodes that can have character formatting associated with them, but cannot have child nodes of their own. To learn more, visit the Logical Levels of Nodes in a Document documentation article.
InlineStory	Base class for inline-level nodes that can contain paragraphs and tables. To learn more, visit the Logical Levels of Nodes in a Document documentation article.
InternableComplexAttr	Base class for internable complex attribute. Internable complex attribute should notify parent collection when going to be changed. To learn more, visit the Aspose.Words Document Object Model (DOM) documentation article.
InterruptionToken	This class is obsolete. Use IPageLayoutCallback instead.
License	Provides methods to license the component. To learn more, visit the Licensing and Subscription documentation article.
Metered	Provides methods to set metered key. To learn more, visit the Licensing and Subscription documentation article.
Node	Base class for all nodes of a Word document. To learn more, visit the Aspose.Words Document Object Model (DOM) documentation article.
NodeChangingArgs	Provides data for methods of the INodeChangingCallback interface.
NodeCollection	Represents a collection of nodes of a specific type. To learn more, visit the Aspose.Words Document Object Model (DOM) documentation article.
NodeImporter	Allows to efficiently perform repeated import of nodes from one document to another. To learn more, visit the Aspose.Words Document Object Model (DOM) documentation article.
NodeList	Represents a collection of nodes matching an XPath query executed using the CompositeNode.select_nodes() method. To learn more, visit the Aspose.Words Document Object Model (DOM) documentation article.
PageSetup	Represents the page setup properties of a section. To learn more, visit the Working with Sections documentation article.
Paragraph	Represents a paragraph of text. To learn more, visit the Working with Paragraphs documentation article.
ParagraphCollection	Provides typed access to a collection of Paragraph nodes. To learn more, visit the Working with Paragraphs documentation article.
ParagraphFormat	Represents all the formatting for a paragraph. To learn more, visit the Working with Paragraphs documentation article.
PlainTextDocument	Allows to extract plain-text representation of the document’s content. To learn more, visit the Working with Text Document documentation article.
Range	Represents a contiguous area in a document. To learn more, visit the Working with Ranges documentation article.
Revision	Represents a revision (tracked change) in a document node or style. Use Revision.revision_type to check the type of this revision. To learn more, visit the Track Changes in a Document documentation article.
RevisionCollection	A collection of Revision objects that represent revisions in the document. To learn more, visit the Track Changes in a Document documentation article.
RevisionGroup	Represents a group of sequential Revision objects. To learn more, visit the Track Changes in a Document documentation article.
RevisionGroupCollection	A collection of RevisionGroup objects that represent revision groups in the document. To learn more, visit the Track Changes in a Document documentation article.
Run	Represents a run of characters with the same font formatting. To learn more, visit the Programming with Documents documentation article.
RunCollection	Provides typed access to a collection of Run nodes. To learn more, visit the Programming with Documents documentation article.
Section	Represents a single section in a document. To learn more, visit the Working with Sections documentation article.
SectionCollection	A collection of Section objects in the document. To learn more, visit the Working with Sections documentation article.
Shading	Contains shading attributes for an object. To learn more, visit the Programming with Documents documentation article.
SignatureLineOptions	Allows to specify options for signature line being inserted. Used in DocumentBuilder. To learn more, visit the Work with Digital Signatures documentation article.
SpecialChar	Base class for special characters in the document. To learn more, visit the Aspose.Words Document Object Model (DOM) documentation article.
Story	Base class for elements that contain block-level nodes Paragraph and Table. To learn more, visit the Logical Levels of Nodes in a Document documentation article.
Style	Represents a single built-in or user-defined style. To learn more, visit the Working with Styles and Themes documentation article.
StyleCollection	A collection of Style objects that represent both the built-in and user-defined styles in a document. To learn more, visit the Working with Styles and Themes documentation article.
SubDocument	Represents a SubDocument - which is a reference to an externally stored document. To learn more, visit the Aspose.Words Document Object Model (DOM) documentation article.
TabStop	Represents a single custom tab stop. The TabStop object is a member of the TabStopCollection collection. To learn more, visit the Aspose.Words Document Object Model (DOM) documentation article.
TabStopCollection	A collection of TabStop objects that represent custom tabs for a paragraph or a style. To learn more, visit the Aspose.Words Document Object Model (DOM) documentation article.
TableStyle	Represents a table style. To learn more, visit the Working with Tables documentation article.
TextColumn	Represents a single text column. TextColumn is a member of the TextColumnCollection collection. The TextColumn collection includes all the columns in a section of a document. To learn more, visit the Working with Sections documentation article.
TextColumnCollection	A collection of TextColumn objects that represent all the columns of text in a section of a document. To learn more, visit the Working with Sections documentation article.
TextWatermarkOptions	Contains options that can be specified when adding a watermark with text. To learn more, visit the Working with Watermark documentation article.
UnsupportedFileFormatException	Thrown during document load, when the document format is not recognized or not supported by Aspose.Words. To learn more, visit the Programming with Documents documentation article.
VariableCollection	A collection of document variables. To learn more, visit the Work with Document Properties documentation article.
WarningInfo	Contains information about a warning that Aspose.Words issued during document loading or saving. To learn more, visit the Programming with Documents documentation article.
WarningInfoCollection	Represents a typed collection of WarningInfo objects. To learn more, visit the Programming with Documents documentation article.
Watermark	Represents class to work with document watermark. To learn more, visit the Working with Watermark documentation article.

Enumerations

Enumeration	Description
BorderType	Specifies sides of a border. To learn more, visit the Programming with Documents documentation article.
BreakType	Specifies type of a break inside a document.
CalendarType	Specifies the type of a calendar.
ChapterPageSeparator	Defines the separator character that appears between the chapter and page number.
ConditionalStyleType	Represents possible table areas to which conditional formatting may be defined in a table style.
ContentDisposition	Enumerates different ways of presenting the document at the client browser.
DropCapPosition	Specifies the position for a drop cap text.
EditorType	Specifies the set of possible aliases (or editing groups) which can be used as aliases to determine if the current user shall be allowed to edit a single range defined by an editable range within a document.
EmphasisMark	Specifies possible types of emphasis mark.
HeaderFooterType	Identifies the type of header or footer found in a Word file.
HeightRule	Specifies the rule for determining the height of an object.
HtmlInsertOptions	Specifies options for the DocumentBuilder.insert_html() method.
ImportFormatMode	Specifies how formatting is merged when importing content from another document.
LineNumberRestartMode	Determines when automatic line numbering restarts.
LineSpacingRule	Specifies line spacing values for a paragraph.
LineStyle	Specifies line style of a Border.
LoadFormat	Indicates the format of the document that is to be loaded.
Margins	Specifies preset margins.
MeasurementUnits	Specifies the unit of measurement.
NodeChangingAction	Specifies the type of node change.
NodeType	Specifies the type of a Word document node.
NumberStyle	Specifies the number style for a list, footnotes and endnotes, page numbers.
Orientation	Specifies page orientation.
OutlineLevel	Specifies the outline level of a paragraph in the document.
PageBorderAppliesTo	Specifies which pages the page border is printed on.
PageBorderDistanceFrom	Specifies the positioning of the page border relative to the page margin.
PageVerticalAlignment	Specifies vertical justification of text on each page.
PaperSize	Specifies paper size.
ParagraphAlignment	Specifies text alignment in a paragraph.
ProtectionType	Protection type for a document.
RevisionType	Specifies the type of change being tracked in Revision.
RevisionsView	Allows to specify whether to work with the original or revised version of a document.
SaveFormat	Indicates the format in which the document is saved.
SectionLayoutMode	Specifies the layout mode for a section allowing to define the document grid behavior.
SectionStart	The type of break at the beginning of the section.
StoryType	Text of a Word document is stored in stories. StoryType identifies a story.
StyleIdentifier	Locale independent style identifier.
StyleType	Represents type of the style.
TabAlignment	Specifies the alignment/type of a tab stop.
TabLeader	Specifies the type of the leader line displayed under the tab character.
TextDmlEffect	Dml text effect for text runs.
TextEffect	Animation effect for text runs.
TextOrientation	Specifies orientation of text on a page, in a table cell or a text frame.
TextureIndex	Specifies shading texture.
Underline	Indicates type of the underline applied to a font.
VisitorAction	Allows the visitor to control the enumeration of nodes.
WarningSource	Specifies the module that produces a warning during document loading or saving.
WarningType	Specifies the type of a warning that is issued by Aspose.Words during document loading or saving.
WatermarkLayout	Defines layout of the watermark relative to the watermark center.
WatermarkType	Specifies the watermark type.