Create Table in Word Documents using C#

create-table-in-word-using-csharp.md

Learn how to Create Tables in Word Documents using C#

create-table-in-word-using-csharp_clone.cs

// This code example demonstrates how to clone an existing table in a Word document using C#
Document doc = new Document("Tables.docx");

Table table = (Table) doc.GetChild(NodeType.Table, 0, true);

// Clone the table and insert it into the document after the original.
Table tableClone = (Table) table.Clone(true);
table.ParentNode.InsertAfter(tableClone, table);

// Insert an empty paragraph between the two tables,
// or else they will be combined into one upon saving this has to do with document validation.
table.ParentNode.InsertAfter(new Paragraph(doc), table);
            
doc.Save("CloneCompleteTable.docx");

create-table-in-word-using-csharp_document_builder.cs

// This code example demonstrates how to create a table in a Word document using C#
Document doc = new Document();
DocumentBuilder builder = new DocumentBuilder(doc);

// Start building the table.
builder.StartTable();
builder.InsertCell();
builder.Write("Row 1, Cell 1 Content.");

// Build the second cell.
builder.InsertCell();
builder.Write("Row 1, Cell 2 Content.");

// Call the following method to end the row and start a new row.
builder.EndRow();

// Build the first cell of the second row.
builder.InsertCell();
builder.Write("Row 2, Cell 1 Content");

// Build the second cell.
builder.InsertCell();
builder.Write("Row 2, Cell 2 Content.");
builder.EndRow();

// Signal that we have finished building the table.
builder.EndTable();

doc.Save("CreateSimpleTable.docx");

create-table-in-word-using-csharp_dom.cs

// This code example demonstrates how to create a table in a Word document using DOM in C#
Document doc = new Document();

// We start by creating the table object. Note that we must pass the document object
// to the constructor of each node. This is because every node we create must belong
// to some document.
Table table = new Table(doc);
doc.FirstSection.Body.AppendChild(table);

// Here we could call EnsureMinimum to create the rows and cells for us. This method is used
// to ensure that the specified node is valid. In this case, a valid table should have at least one Row and one cell.

// Instead, we will handle creating the row and table ourselves.
// This would be the best way to do this if we were creating a table inside an algorithm.
Row row = new Row(doc);
row.RowFormat.AllowBreakAcrossPages = true;
table.AppendChild(row);

// We can now apply any auto fit settings.
table.AutoFit(AutoFitBehavior.FixedColumnWidths);

Cell cell = new Cell(doc);
cell.CellFormat.Shading.BackgroundPatternColor = Color.LightBlue;
cell.CellFormat.Width = 80;
cell.AppendChild(new Paragraph(doc));
cell.FirstParagraph.AppendChild(new Run(doc, "Row 1, Cell 1 Text"));

// Append a cell
row.AppendChild(cell);

// We would then repeat the process for the other cells and rows in the table.
// We can also speed things up by cloning existing cells and rows.
row.AppendChild(cell.Clone(false));
row.LastCell.AppendChild(new Paragraph(doc));
row.LastCell.FirstParagraph.AppendChild(new Run(doc, "Row 1, Cell 2 Text"));

// Save the document
doc.Save("InsertTableDirectly.docx");

create-table-in-word-using-csharp_html_table.cs

// This code example demonstrates how to insert an HTML table in a Word document using C#
Document doc = new Document();
DocumentBuilder builder = new DocumentBuilder(doc);

// Note that AutoFitSettings does not apply to tables inserted from HTML.
builder.InsertHtml("<table>" +
                   "<tr>" +
                   "<td>Row 1, Cell 1</td>" +
                   "<td>Row 1, Cell 2</td>" +
                   "</tr>" +
                   "<tr>" +
                   "<td>Row 2, Cell 2</td>" +
                   "<td>Row 2, Cell 2</td>" +
                   "</tr>" +
                   "</table>");

doc.Save("InsertTableFromHtml.docx");

create-table-in-word-using-csharp_nested.cs

// This code example demonstrates how to create a nested table in a Word document using C#
Document doc = new Document();
DocumentBuilder builder = new DocumentBuilder(doc);

Cell cell = builder.InsertCell();
builder.Writeln("Outer Table Cell 1");

builder.InsertCell();
builder.Writeln("Outer Table Cell 2");

// This call is important to create a nested table within the first table. 
// Without this call, the cells inserted below will be appended to the outer table.
builder.EndTable();

// Move to the first cell of the outer table.
builder.MoveTo(cell.FirstParagraph);

// Build the inner table.
builder.InsertCell();
builder.Writeln("Inner Table Cell 1");
builder.InsertCell();
builder.Writeln("Inner Table Cell 2");
builder.EndTable();

// Save the document
doc.Save("NestedTable.docx");