how to get Styles from existing word document by using Novacode.Docx?

Question

This is the Example code using OpenXML SDK 2.5

     void AddStylesPart()
    {
        StyleDefinitionsPart styleDefinitionsPart = mainPart.StyleDefinitionsPart;
        styleDefinitionsPart = mainPart.AddNewPart<StyleDefinitionsPart>();
        Styles styles1 = new Styles();
        styles1.Save(styleDefinitionsPart);


        if (styleDefinitionsPart != null)
        {
            using (WordprocessingDocument wordTemplate = WordprocessingDocument.Open(@"..\AT\Docs\FPMaster-4DEV.docx", false))
            {
                foreach (var templateStyle in wordTemplate.MainDocumentPart.StyleDefinitionsPart.Styles)
                {
                    styleDefinitionsPart.Styles.Append(templateStyle.CloneNode(true));
                }
            }

        }
    }

Here an existing document is taken using WordprocessingDocument class finally Cloned all the styles present in existing document, similarly I want to do it using Novacode.Docx DLL. How to get styles used in existing document using Novacode.Docx DLL? kindly please help.

Answer 1

Found an alternative solution, I hope this will help

Using Novacode.Docx DLL we can easily clone the styles used in original document. It can be done by creating template of the original document.

once If it is done. apply the template in your project.

document.ApplyTemplate(@"..\TemplateFileName.dotx", false);

Now we can able to use all styles present in original document.