C＃/VB. Net: convert word or EXCEL documents to text

Text The file consists only of plain text content , And no format , So its size ratio Word or Excel File smaller . besides ,Text Files are also cross platform , Compatible with almost all applications . therefore , At some point , We may need to Word or Excel The file is converted to Text. Next , I'll show you how to use C# and VB.NET take Word or Excel The file is converted to Text.

install DLL file

In this article , What I use is

 

Spire.Office for .NET

Class library ,

It can go through NuGet install

. The specific steps are: ： Select tools in turn >NuGet Package manager > Package manager console , Then execute the following command ：

PM> Install-Package Spire.Office

Use C# and VB.NET take Word File to Text

Spire.Office Provides

Document

Class is used to handle Word file , This class provides a

SaveToText()

Method is used to Word Document conversion to Text Text .

The specific conversion steps are as follows ：

·          Initialize a

Document

Class .

·          Use

Document.LoadFromFile()

Method

load Word file .

·          Use

 

Document.SaveToTxt()

  Method to save the document as Text Text .

C#

using Spire.Doc;
using System.Text;
 
namespace ConvertWordToText
{
 class Program
 {
 static void Main(string[] args)
 {
 // Create a Document example
 Document document = new Document();
 // load Word file
 document.LoadFromFile(" Novel coronavirus pneumonia .docx");
 
 // take Word The file is converted to Text file
 document.SaveToTxt(" Novel coronavirus pneumonia .txt", Encoding.UTF8);
 }
 }
}


VB.NET

Imports Spire.Doc
Imports System.Text
 
Namespace ConvertWordToText
 Friend Class Program
 Private Shared Sub Main(ByVal args As String())
 ' Create a Document example
 Dim document As Document = New Document()
 ' load Word file
 document.LoadFromFile(" Novel coronavirus pneumonia .docx")
 ' take Word The file is converted to Text file
 document.SaveToTxt(" Novel coronavirus pneumonia .txt", Encoding.UTF8)
 End Sub
 End Class
End Namespace


primary Word file ：

Transformed from Text file ：

Use C# and VB.NET take Excel File to Text

Workbook

Class is used to handle Excel file , This class provides a Worksheets attribute , Used to get the current Excel A collection of all worksheets of a document . You can get the specified worksheet in the set , You can also traverse every worksheet in the set , And then call

Worksheet.SaveToFile()

  Method to convert it to Text.

The specific conversion steps are as follows ：

·          Initialize a

Workbook

Class .

·          Use

 

Workbook.LoadFromFile()

 

Method loading Excel file

.

·          adopt

Workbook.Worksheets[sheetIndex]

Property to get the specified worksheet .

·          Use

Worksheet.SaveToFile()

 

Method to convert the worksheet to Text.

C#

using Spire.Xls;
using System.Text;
 
namespace ConvertExcelToText
{
 class Program
 {
 static void Main(string[] args)
 { 
 // Create a Workbook example
 Workbook workbook = new Workbook();
 // load Excel file
 workbook.LoadFromFile("GDP ranking .xlsx");
 
 // Get the first sheet
 Worksheet worksheet = workbook.Worksheets[0];
 
 // Save sheet as Text file
 worksheet.SaveToFile("GDP ranking .txt", " ", Encoding.UTF8);
 }
 }
}


VB.NET

Imports Spire.Xls
Imports System.Text
 
Namespace ConvertExcelToText
 Friend Class Program
 Private Shared Sub Main(ByVal args As String())
 ' Create a Workbook example
 Dim workbook As Workbook = New Workbook()
 ' load Excel file
 workbook.LoadFromFile("GDP ranking .xlsx")
 ' Get the first sheet
 Dim worksheet As Worksheet = workbook.Worksheets(0)
 ' Save sheet as Text file
 worksheet.SaveToFile("GDP ranking .txt", " ", Encoding.UTF8)
 End Sub
 End Class
End Namespace


primary Excel file ：

The conversion of Text file ：