Supported File Formats in .NET Word Library

27 May 20241 minute to read

Syncfusion .NET Word Library (DocIO) supports all major native file formats of Microsoft Word, such as DOC, DOCX, RTF, DOT, DOTX, DOCM, and more. It also supports conversion for major native file formats to HTML, Markdown, PDF and image.

The following table describes the supported file formats and their conversions in DocIO.

Source Format

DOC

DOCX

Word Processing XML (2007)

DOT

DOTX

DOCM

DOTM

ODT

RTF

Text

Markdown

HTML

PDF

Image

DOC

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

DOCX

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Word Processing XML (2003)

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Word Processing XML (2007)

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

DOT

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

DOTX

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

DOCM

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

DOTM

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

RTF

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Text

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Markdown

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

HTML

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

NOTE

  1. Importing ODT format is not supported, you can save the existing document as ODT using DocIO.
  2. Exporting the Word Processing 2003 XML document is not supported. Whereas you can import the Word Processing 2003 XML documents and export it to other supported file formats.