This repository contains examples that illustrates how to protect Word document programmatically in C#. The Syncfusion® .NET Word library (DocIO) allows to restrict editing, apply password protection and decrypt Word documents with just few lines of code and also it does not require Microsoft Word application to be installed in the machine.
- Encrypt Word Document - Secure documents with a password to prevent unauthorized access.
- Decrypt Protected Documents - Unlock encrypted Word documents effortlessly.
- Restrict Editing Options:
- Allow only form fields - Allows users to fill in specific fields only.
- Allow only comments - Allows adding comments without changing content.
- Allow only reading - Allow documents to read-only to prevent changes.
- Allow only revisions - Allows users to edit while tracking all changes.
The Syncfusion® DocIO is a .NET Word library allows you to add advanced Word document processing functionalities to any .NET application and does not require Microsoft Word application to be installed in the machine. It is a non-UI component that provides a full-fledged document instance model similar to the Microsoft Office COM libraries to iterate with the document elements explicitly and perform necessary manipulation.
Take a moment to peruse the documentation, where you can find basic Word document processing options along with the features like mail merge, merge, split and compare documents, find and replace text in the Word document, protect the Word documents, and most importantly, the PDF and Image conversions with code examples.
- Microsoft Word 97-2003
- Microsoft Word 2007
- Microsoft Word 2010
- Microsoft Word 2013
- Microsoft Word 2016
- Microsoft Word 2019
- Microsoft 365
- Creates, reads, and edits popular text file formats like DOC, DOT, DOCM, DOTM, DOCX, DOTX, HTML, RTF, TXT, and XML (WordML).
- Converts Word documents also to PDF, Image, and ODT files.
- Download this project to a location in your disk.
- Open the solution file using Visual Studio.
- Rebuild the solution to install the required NuGet packages.
- Run the application.
- Product page: Syncfusion® Word Framework
- Documentation: Protect and unprotect Word document using Syncfusion® Word library
- GitHub Examples: Syncfusion® Word library examples
- Online demo: Syncfusion® Word library - Online demos
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