Supported and Unsupported Features

26 Apr 20241 minute to read

This section describes the support and unsupported elements in the DocIO.

Word document features

Element

DOC, DOT

DOCX, DOTX, DOTM, DOCM, WordML

RTF



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Built-in document properties

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Custom document properties

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

No

Mail merge

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Encryption and Decryption

No

No

Yes—limited [except Word 2013]

Yes—limited [except Word 2013]

N/A

N/A

View setup

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Watermark

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

Font substitution table

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Attached Template

No

No

Yes

Yes

No

No

Track changes

Yes

Yes – limited [can only accept/reject]

Yes

Yes – limited [can only accept/reject]

No

No

Themes

No

No

Yes

Yes

No

No

Document variables

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

No

Macros

No

No

Yes

Yes

No

No

Embedded fonts

No

No

Yes

Yes

No

No

Section features

Element

DOC, DOT

DOCX, DOTX, DOTM, DOCM, WordML

RTF



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Headers & footers

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Section break

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Text columns

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Page margin

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Page border

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

Page orientation

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Page size

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Header & footer distance

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

No

Vertical alignment

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Paragraph elements features

Element

DOC, DOT

DOCX, DOTX, DOTM, DOCM, WordML

RTF



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Break – Page break, column break and Line break

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Symbols

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

Comments

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Footnote and endnote

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

Pictures (*.bmp, *.jpg, *.png, *.emf, *.tif and *.gif)

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Text boxes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

OLE objects

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

Predefined shapes

No

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Custom shapes

No

No

DrawingML - Yes
VML - No

DrawingML - Yes
VML - No

No

No

Grouped shapes

No

No

Yes

Yes

No

No

Equation

No

No

No

No

No

No

SmartArt

No

No

No

No

No

No

WordArt

No

No

No

No

No

No

Bookmark

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Hyperlink

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Chart

No

No

Yes

Yes

No

No

Fields

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Form Fields-TextInput, CheckBox & DropDown

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Paragraph features

Element

DOC, DOT

DOCX, DOTX, DOTM, DOCM

RTF



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Paragraph style

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Alignment – left, right, center and justify

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Right to left paragraph

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Lists - bullets and numbers

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Run properties for the paragraph mark

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Suppress hyphenation

No

No

No

No

No

No

Indents – left, right, first line & hanging

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Spacing – before, after & auto

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Keeps and breaks

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Text frames

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Tabs

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Borders

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Shading

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Style features

Element

DOC, DOT

DOCX, DOTX, DOTM, DOCM, WordML

RTF



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Built-in paragraph style

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Custom paragraph style

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Built-in character style

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Custom character style

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Built-in list style

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Custom list style

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Built-in table style

No

No

Yes

Yes

No

No

Custom table style

No

No

Yes

Yes

No

No

Table features

Element

DOC, DOT

DOCX, DOTX, DOTM, DOCM, WordML

RTF



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Write

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Nested tables

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Right to left tables

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Table style

No

No

Yes

Yes

No

No

Conditional formatting style

No

No

Yes

Yes

No

No

Table alignment

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Table indent

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Allow AutoFit

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Cell margins

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Cell spacing

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Preferred table width

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Table shading

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Table borders

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Floating tables

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Allow row to break across pages

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Repeat as header row

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Height

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Height type

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Cell borders

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Cell shading

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Wrap text

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Fit text

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Horizontal & vertical merged cells

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Vertical alignment

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Text direction

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Text features

Element

DOC, DOT

DOCX, DOTX, DOTM, DOCM, WordML

RTF



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Write

Read

Write

Read

Write

Character style

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Color

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Highlight color

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Language

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Border

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

Shading

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Font

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Underline

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Strikethrough

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Double strikethrough

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Subscript/Superscript

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Small caps

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

All caps

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Hidden text

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Scale

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Expanded / Compressed

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Vertical Position

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

Blazor supported features

Feature

Server and hosted application

WASM app

Pictures

Yes

Yes

Chart

Yes

Yes

AutoShapes

Yes

Yes

Group Shapes

Yes

Yes

Content control

Yes

Yes

Bookmarks

Yes

Yes

OLE Object

Yes

Yes

Form Fields

Yes

Yes

Watermark

Yes

Yes

Break

Yes

Yes

RTL

Yes

Yes

Header and Footer

Yes

Yes

Footnotes and Endnotes

Yes

Yes

Styles

Yes

Yes

Table Styles

Yes

Yes

Document Settings

Yes

Yes

Mail Merge

Yes

Yes

Updating Document Fields

Yes

Yes

Updating Table of Content

Yes

Yes

Find and Replace

Yes

Yes

Bookmark Navigation

Yes

Yes

Clone and Merge

Yes

Yes

Formatting Table

Yes

Yes

Macro Preservation

Yes

Yes

Document Protection

Yes

Yes

Word to PDF

Yes

Yes

Word to Image

Yes

Yes

RTF to Word

Yes

Yes

Word to WordML

Yes

Yes

WordML to Word

Yes

Yes

Word to ODT

Yes

Yes

Word to Markdown

Yes

Yes