Page numbers

The example shows you how to add page numbers to a document.

C# example

using System;
using Independentsoft.Office;
using Independentsoft.Office.Word;
using Independentsoft.Office.Word.Fields;
using Independentsoft.Office.Word.HeaderFooter;

namespace Sample
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            WordDocument doc = new WordDocument();

            Page pageNumber = new Page();
            SimpleField simpleField = new SimpleField(pageNumber);

            Paragraph footerParagraph = new Paragraph();
            footerParagraph.Add(simpleField);
            footerParagraph.HorizontalTextAlignment = HorizontalAlignmentType.Center;

            Footer footer = new Footer();
            footer.Add(footerParagraph);

            Run run1 = new Run();
            run1.AddText("Hello Word!");

            Paragraph paragraph1 = new Paragraph();
            paragraph1.Add(run1);

            doc.Body.Add(paragraph1);
            doc.Body.Footer = footer;

            doc.Save("c:\\test\\output.docx", true);
        }
    }
}

VB example

Imports System
Imports Independentsoft.Office.Word
Imports Independentsoft.Office.Word.Fields
Imports Independentsoft.Office.Word.HeaderFooter

Module Module1
    Sub Main(ByVal args As String())

        Dim doc As WordDocument = New WordDocument

        Dim pageNumber As New Page()
        Dim simpleField As New SimpleField(pageNumber)

        Dim footerParagraph As New Paragraph()
        footerParagraph.Add(simpleField)
        footerParagraph.HorizontalTextAlignment = HorizontalAlignmentType.Center

        Dim footer As New Footer()
        footer.Add(footerParagraph)

        Dim run1 As New Run()
        run1.AddText("Hello Word!")

        Dim paragraph1 As New Paragraph()
        paragraph1.Add(run1)

        doc.Body.Add(paragraph1)
        doc.Body.Footer = footer

        doc.Save("c:\test\output.docx", True)

    End Sub
End Module

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