Additional line break is inserted after inserting html content

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Hello Team,
I am using the below code to insert a html content into a word document
string htmlContent =
builder.InsertHtml(htmlContent);

if you check after the table content line break is getting added which is not correct can you clarify why this is happening check the document for htmlContent
htmContent.docx (18.4 KB)

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@KeerthanaRamesh214

The additional line break after inserting HTML content into a Word document can occur due to the structure of the HTML or how the Aspose.Words library interprets it. When your HTML content includes a table, the rendering engine may add extra spacing or line breaks after certain elements, particularly if they are not properly closed or if there are empty elements.

To address this issue, consider the following steps:

  1. Check for Empty Elements: Ensure there are no empty <tr> or <td> tags in your HTML that might be causing the extra space.

  2. CSS Adjustments: You can add CSS styles to control the spacing. For example, set margin and padding to 0 for the table and its cells:

    <style>
    table {
        margin: 0;
        padding: 0;
        border-collapse: collapse;
    }
    td {
        margin: 0;
        padding: 0;
    }
</style>

  3. Post-Processing: After inserting the HTML, you can programmatically remove any unwanted paragraphs or line breaks in the Word document using the Aspose.Words API. Here’s a minimal example of how to remove empty paragraphs:

    foreach (Paragraph para in document.GetChildNodes(NodeType.Paragraph, true))
{
    if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(para.GetText().Trim()))
    {
        para.Remove();
    }
}

This code iterates through all paragraphs in the document and removes any that are empty or contain only whitespace.

If the issue persists, consider reviewing the HTML structure or simplifying it to see if that resolves the problem.

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@KeerthanaRamesh214 You can avoid this by specifying HtmlInsertOptions.RemoveLastEmptyParagraph in DocumentBuilder.InsertHtml:

builder.InsertHtml(htmlContent, HtmlInsertOptions.RemoveLastEmptyParagraph);
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Doing that also add empty line after that

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@KeerthanaRamesh214 Your HTML ends with a table. In MS Word document a table cannot be the last node in the story. So an empty paragraph is always added after the table. This is an expected behavior.

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But this is something which is not happening all the time, it happens only for few tables why that is the case

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@KeerthanaRamesh214 As I have mentioned, in MS Word document a table cannot be the last node in the story. This is not Aspose.Words restriction, this is requirement of MS Word document formats.