Extract text without footnotes

Aspose.Words Product Family
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I want to extract the text from a Word document without footnotes. I came across the article here that explains how to do it:
https://docs.aspose.com/words/net/how-to-extract-selected-content-between-nodes-in-a-document/

However, I get an error on this line:

console.WriteLine("ToString() Result: " + doc.ToString(SaveFormat.Text));

It says that no overload method for ToString takes one argument. How do I fix this?

I’ve posted a comment to that page of the documentation, but I’m posting here as well in case this is a better place for answers.

Thanks,

Daniel

2

Hi Daniel,

Thanks for your inquiry.

Perhaps you’re using an older version of Aspose.Words; as with Aspose.Words 13.5.0, I was unable to reproduce this error on my side. I would suggest you please upgrade to the latest version of Aspose.Words i.e. 13.5.0. You can download it from the following link:
https://releases.aspose.com/words/net

Secondly, to extract document content without Footnote’s text, please try run the following code snippet:

StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
NodeCollection runNodes = doc.GetChildNodes(NodeType.Run, true);
foreach(Run run in runNodes)
if (run.GetAncestor(NodeType.Footnote) == null)
    sb.Append(run.ToString(SaveFormat.Text));

I hope, this helps.

Best regards,

3

Hi Awais,

Thanks for this. The update solved it. It’s working perfectly now.

So what’s the difference between the method with doc.ToString(SaveFormat.Text) and the method you’ve described above with a stringbuilder?

Best wishes,

Daniel

4

Hi Daniel,

Thanks for your inquiry. I have attached a sample input document here for your reference. This document contains a Footnote. When you run the code from my previous post, you’ll notice that it extracts the plain text from document without the Footnote’s text. I hope, this helps.

Best regards,

5

Thanks Awais, that worked perfectly.

Best wishes,

Daniel

6

Hi Daniel,

Thanks for your feedback. Please let us know any time you have any further queries. We’re always glad to help you.

Best regards,