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copied!<p>instead of typing plain text "taghere", insert a merge field. (in word, click insert > quick parts > field. choose "mergefield" and type "TagHere" in the "Field name" field.)</p> <p>then instead of doing a text find-replace, scan the document for merge fields and set the inner texts.</p> <pre><code>class Program { static void Main(string[] args) { string document = args[0]; using (WordprocessingDocument wordDoc = WordprocessingDocument.Open(document, true)) { Dictionary<string, string> replaceOperations = new Dictionary<string, string>(); replaceOperations.Add("company", "alex's applications"); replaceOperations.Add("first_name", "alexander"); replaceOperations.Add("last_name", "taylor"); //etc Replace(wordDoc, replaceOperations); } } public static char[] splitChar = new char[] {' '}; public static void Replace(WordprocessingDocument document, Dictionary<string, string> replaceOperations) { //find all the fields foreach (var field in document.MainDocumentPart.Document.Body.Descendants<SimpleField>()) { //parse the instruction string[] instruction = field.Instruction.Value.Split(splitChar, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries); //check if it's a merge field, and if so... if (instruction[0].ToLower().Equals("mergefield")) { //get the field name string fieldname = instruction[1]; //find the text inside (there will only be one) foreach (var fieldtext in field.Descendants<Text>()) { //see if we know what to set this value to string value = replaceOperations.ContainsKey(fieldname) ? replaceOperations[fieldname] : null; //if we found the replace value, set the text to this value if (value != null) fieldtext.Text = value; //should only be one text inside break; } } } } } </code></pre>

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