Replace text with formatted Run

The following example shows you how to replace text with a formatted Run. Unlike the simple text Replace method, this allows you to apply formatting such as bold, italic, color, and font size to the replacement text.

C# example

using System;
using Independentsoft.Office.Word;

namespace Sample
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            WordDocument doc = new WordDocument("c:\\test\\input.docx");

            // Create a formatted replacement Run
            Run replacementRun = new Run("REPLACED TEXT");
            replacementRun.Bold = true;
            replacementRun.Color = new Color("FF0000");
            replacementRun.FontSize = 16;

            // Replace all occurrences of "old text" with the formatted Run
            doc.Replace("old text", replacementRun);

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

            Console.WriteLine("Text replaced successfully!");
        }
    }
}

C# example - Replace with multiple Runs

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using Independentsoft.Office.Word;

namespace Sample
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            WordDocument doc = new WordDocument("c:\\test\\input.docx");

            // Create multiple formatted Runs for replacement
            List<Run> runs = new List<Run>();

            Run run1 = new Run("Bold ");
            run1.Bold = true;
            runs.Add(run1);

            Run run2 = new Run("and ");
            runs.Add(run2);

            Run run3 = new Run("Italic");
            run3.Italic = true;
            run3.Color = new Color("0000FF");
            runs.Add(run3);

            // Replace all occurrences of "placeholder" with multiple formatted Runs
            doc.Replace("placeholder", runs);

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

            Console.WriteLine("Text replaced with multiple runs successfully!");
        }
    }
}

VB example

Imports System
Imports Independentsoft.Office.Word

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

        Dim doc As WordDocument = New WordDocument("c:\test\input.docx")

        ' Create a formatted replacement Run
        Dim replacementRun As Run = New Run("REPLACED TEXT")
        replacementRun.Bold = True
        replacementRun.Color = New Color("FF0000")
        replacementRun.FontSize = 16

        ' Replace all occurrences of "old text" with the formatted Run
        doc.Replace("old text", replacementRun)

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

        Console.WriteLine("Text replaced successfully!")

    End Sub
End Module

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