May, 2011

Tables are a convenient and useful feature of Open XML SpreadsheetML. This post explores table markup, and links to a screen-cast that shows how to create a table programmatically The table feature has been part of Excel for some time; most users are...

A reoccurring question around Open XML is how to search and replace text in a word-processing document. There have been several attempts at presenting example code to do this, however, until now I have not seen any examples that correctly implement this...

Tracked revisions are one of the more involved features of Open XML WordprocessingML. There are 28 elements associated with tracked revisions, each with their own semantics. In some cases, such as with content controls and deleted paragraph marks, the...

By Martin Holman This tutorial will show how to access and display the Dublin Core properties of any OpenXML document. This could quite easily be extended to access any other sections of the OpenXML format. Right let’s get started! Fire up XCode. Create...

A recent post in one of the forums asked about setting margins for a document. This is one of those questions that is best answered by a bit of exploration of the markup using the Open XML SDK 2.0 Productivity Tool. I've recorded a short screen-cast...

The markup for fields in WordprocessingML documents is fairly involved. The markup often spans multiple runs, and contains markers for the start of the field, a marker that separates the field instructional text and the results of the field, and a marker...