Adding a new line to word using FindAndReplace in C#

Question

Right now I'm exporting some text to a 2010 Word document. I have everything working except new lines. What is the character for a new line? I've tried "\r\n", " ^p ", and "\n", Nothing is working.

I'm using the "FindAndReplace" method to replace strings with strings.

The purpose for the newlines is some required formatting. My coworkers have a 6 line box that the text belongs in. On line 1 in that box I have "" and I'm replacing it with information from a database. If the information exceeds one line, they don't want the box to become 7 lines. So I've figured out how to calculate how many lines the text requires and I re-sized the box to 1 line. So for example if my string requires 2 lines, I want to put 4 blank lines after that.

If this is not possible, I was thinking of putting in that box: <line1> <line2> <line3> and so on... Then just replace each line individually. Any other thoughts? Thanks in advance.

[This link](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2871887/inserting-newlines-in-word-using-openxml) maybe helpful, it adds newline using OpenXML. — Mahdi Tahsildari, Dec 14 '12 at 16:50

Anthill · Answer 1 · 2012-12-14T19:52:38.320

You can find each instance of new line with ^13 or (the equivalent) ^l and replace them with as many newlines as you require by concatenating ^13. The "Suchen und Ersetzen" dialog below is German for "Search and Replace". Tested in Word 2010.

Example:

Search and replace

This should work as is using COM automation with c#. An example link if you need one.

Here's proof of concept code:

namespace StackWord
{
    using StackWord = Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word;

    internal class Program
    {
        private static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            var myWord = new StackWord.Application { Visible = true };
            var myDoc = myWord.Documents.Add();
            var myParagraph = myDoc.Paragraphs.Add();
            myParagraph.Range.Text = 
               "Example test one\rExample two\rExample three\r";

            foreach (StackWord.Range range in myWord.ActiveDocument.StoryRanges)
            {
                range.Find.Text = "\r";
                range.Find.Replacement.Text = "\r\r\r\r";
                range.Find.Wrap = StackWord.WdFindWrap.wdFindContinue;
                object replaceAll = StackWord.WdReplace.wdReplaceAll;
                if (range.Find.Execute(Replace: ref replaceAll))
                {
                    Console.WriteLine("Found and replaced.");
                }
            }
            Console.WriteLine("Press any key to close...");
            Console.ReadKey();
            myWord.Quit();

        }
    }
}

Thanks for the input. I haven't had a chance to try it but it looks like it would work. I will try it on Monday. — Charles Iams, Dec 14 '12 at 22:46

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 14 '12 at 16:26

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You can always try using:

Environment.NewLine

answered Dec 14 '12 at 16:26

mletterle

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`Environment.NewLine` is just `"\r\n"`. – Joe Enos Dec 14 '12 at 16:40
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Maybe, depends on the Environment ;) and you don't have to worry about proper escaping. – mletterle Dec 14 '12 at 16:42
the OP specifically says this does not work in his Word context – Adrian Zanescu Dec 14 '12 at 16:50

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jan 23 '18 at 04:20

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You save your file word to word 97 - 2003(*.doc), your "FindAndReplace" method will working :D

answered Jan 23 '18 at 04:20

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