How to get all text (Run objects) from DOCX document using C# and .NET

  1. Add SautinSoft.Document from Nuget.
  2. Load a DOCX document.
  3. Get all text (Run) objects.

Complete code

using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Linq;
using SautinSoft.Document;

namespace Example
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            // Get your free 100-day key here:   
            // https://sautinsoft.com/start-for-free/

            GetText();
        }
        /// <summary>
        /// Get all Text (Run objects) from DOCX document and show it on Console.
        /// </summary>
        /// <remarks>
        /// Details: https://sautinsoft.com/products/document/help/net/developer-guide/get-text-from-docx-document-net-csharp-vb.php
        /// </remarks>
        static void GetText()
        {
            string filePath = @"..\..\..\example.docx";
            DocumentCore dc = DocumentCore.Load(filePath);

            // Get all Run elements from document.
            foreach (Run run in dc.GetChildElements(true,ElementType.Run))
            {
                Console.WriteLine(run.Text);
            }

            Console.ReadKey();
        }
    }
}

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Imports System
Imports System.IO
Imports SautinSoft.Document

Module Sample
    Sub Main()
        GetText()
    End Sub
    ''' Get your free 100-day key here:   
    ''' https://sautinsoft.com/start-for-free/
    ''' <summary>
    ''' Get all Text (Run objects) from DOCX document and show it on Console.
    ''' </summary>
    ''' <remarks>
    ''' Details: https://sautinsoft.com/products/document/help/net/developer-guide/get-text-from-docx-document-net-csharp-vb.php
    ''' </remarks>
    Sub GetText()
        Dim filePath As String = "..\..\..\example.docx"
        Dim dc As DocumentCore = DocumentCore.Load(filePath)

        ' Get all Run elements from document.
        For Each run As Run In dc.GetChildElements(True, ElementType.Run)
            Console.WriteLine(run.Text)
        Next run
        Console.ReadKey()
    End Sub
End Module

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