How to Insert Page Numbers and Navigate in Angular DOCX Editor

27 Aug 20265 minutes to read

You can insert page number and navigate to specific page in Angular DOCX Editor component using the following ways.

Insert page number

You can use insertPageNumber API in editor module to insert the page number in current cursor position. By default, the page number will be inserted in Arabic number style. You can change it by providing the number style in parameter.

NOTE

Currently, DOCX Editor has options to insert page number at the current cursor position.

The following example code illustrates how to insert page number in header.

import { Component, OnInit, ViewChild } from '@angular/core';
import {
  ToolbarService,
  DocumentEditorContainerComponent,
} from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-documenteditor';
@Component({
      selector: 'app-root',
      // specifies the template string for the DocumentEditorContainer component
      template: `<ejs-documenteditorcontainer #documenteditor_default serviceUrl="https://document.syncfusion.com/web-services/docx-editor/api/documenteditor/" height="600px" style="display:block" [enableToolbar]=true (created)="onCreated()"> </ejs-documenteditorcontainer>`,
      providers: [ToolbarService],
})
export class AppComponent implements OnInit {
  @ViewChild('documenteditor_default')
  public container: DocumentEditorContainerComponent;
  ngOnInit(): void {}
  onCreated() {
    // To insert text in cursor position
    this.container.documentEditor.editor.insertText('Document editor');
    // To move the selection to header
    this.container.documentEditor.selection.goToHeader();
    // Insert page number in the current cursor position
    this.container.documentEditor.editor.insertPageNumber();
  }
}

NOTE

The Web API hosted link https://document.syncfusion.com/web-services/docx-editor/api/documenteditor/ utilized in the DOCX Editor’s serviceUrl property is intended solely for demonstration and evaluation purposes. For production deployment, please host your own web service with your required server configurations. You can refer and reuse the GitHub Web Service example or Docker image for hosting your own web service and use for the serviceUrl property.

You can also use insertField API in Editor module to insert the page number in the current position.

//Current page number
this.container.documentEditor.editor.insertField('PAGE \* MERGEFORMAT', '1');

Get page count

You can use pageCount API to get the total number of pages in the Document.

The following example code illustrates how to get the number of pages in the Document.

import { Component, OnInit, ViewChild } from '@angular/core';
import {
  ToolbarService,
  DocumentEditorContainerComponent,
} from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-documenteditor';
@Component({
      selector: 'app-root',
      // specifies the template string for the DocumentEditorContainer component
      template: `<ejs-documenteditorcontainer #documenteditor_default serviceUrl="https://document.syncfusion.com/web-services/docx-editor/api/documenteditor/" height="600px" style="display:block" [enableToolbar]=true (created)="onCreated()"> </ejs-documenteditorcontainer>`,
      providers: [ToolbarService],
})
export class AppComponent implements OnInit {
  @ViewChild('documenteditor_default')
  public container: DocumentEditorContainerComponent;
  ngOnInit(): void {}
  onCreated() {
    // To insert text in cursor position
    this.container.documentEditor.editor.insertText('Document editor');
    // To get the total number of pages
    let pageCount = this.container.documentEditor.pageCount;
  }
}

NOTE

The Web API hosted link https://document.syncfusion.com/web-services/docx-editor/api/documenteditor/ utilized in the DOCX Editor’s serviceUrl property is intended solely for demonstration and evaluation purposes. For production deployment, please host your own web service with your required server configurations. You can refer and reuse the GitHub Web Service example or Docker image for hosting your own web service and use for the serviceUrl property.

Navigate to specific page

You can use goToPage API in Selection module to move selection to the start of the specified page number.

The following example code illustrates how to move selection to specific page.

import { Component, OnInit, ViewChild } from '@angular/core';
import {
  ToolbarService,
  DocumentEditorContainerComponent,
} from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-documenteditor';
import { ClickEventArgs } from '@syncfusion/ej2-navigations';
import {
  CustomToolbarItemModel,
  DocumentEditorContainerModule,
} from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-documenteditor';

@Component({
  selector: 'app-container',
  standalone: true,
  imports: [DocumentEditorContainerModule],
  providers: [ToolbarService],
  template: `
    <ejs-documenteditorcontainer #documenteditor_default 
      serviceUrl="https://document.syncfusion.com/web-services/docx-editor/api/documenteditor/" 
      height="600px" 
      style="display:block" 
      (created)="onCreate()" 
      [enableToolbar]="true">
    </ejs-documenteditorcontainer>
  `,
})
export class AppComponent implements OnInit {
  @ViewChild('documenteditor_default')
  public container?: DocumentEditorContainerComponent;

  ngOnInit(): void {}

  // Called when the DocumentEditorContainer is created
  onCreate() {
    const sfdt: any = {
      sfdt: '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',
    };

    // Open the SFDT document in the DocumentEditor
    this.container?.documentEditor.open(sfdt);

    // Move selection to page number 2
    this.container?.documentEditor.selection.goToPage(2);
  }
}

NOTE

The Web API hosted link https://document.syncfusion.com/web-services/docx-editor/api/documenteditor/ utilized in the DOCX Editor’s serviceUrl property is intended solely for demonstration and evaluation purposes. For production deployment, please host your own web service with your required server configurations. You can refer and reuse the GitHub Web Service example or Docker image for hosting your own web service and use for the serviceUrl property.