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File Formats: Word (DOC, DOCX)

The DOC and DOCX file extensions are used for Microsoft Word documents. Word is a popular word processing program. Word is part of the Microsoft Office Suite of software. DOC files use a Binary Interchange File Format to store word processing data and are proprietary to Microsoft.

Note:DOC and DOCX file formats are supported in the Document/Medical licensing.

LEADTOOLS supports loading DOC (97-2003) files through the DOC filter.

LEADTOOLS supports loading DOCX (2007) files through the DOCX filter.

The default extension used by this format is: DOC.

The file constants associated with this file format are:

Constant Read Support Write Support Description
Doc 24 BPP N/A DOC, Word document file
Docx 24 BPP N/A DOCX, Word 2007 document file

Required DLL: Leadtools.Codecs.Doc.Dll or Leadtools.Codecs.Dox.dll. The DOCX file format requires .NET Framework 3.5 and the DocumentFormat.OpenXml.dll(ver. 2.0). For a listing of the exact DLLs needed, based on the toolkit version, refer to Files To Be Included With Your Application .

Platforms: .NET 2/3, .NET 4

NOTE: LEADTOOLS also supports writing the DOC file format using the LEADTOOLS Document Writers. For more information on the LEADTOOLS Document Writers SDK, refer to Introduction.