GcWord allows you to easily split or merge documents by providing the SplitDocument and MergeDocuments methods in GcWordDocument class. While performing the split or merge operations, the formatting settings of the document can also be copied or cleared using the Copy or Clear value of FormattingCopyStrategy enumeration.

The MergeDocuments method appends the document content one after the another to create a new merged document and the SplitDocument method copies the content from specific ranges to create new documents.

Split Documents

To split a document:

1. Load a document using the Load method of GcWordDocument class.

2. Define an IEnumerable collection of document ranges using the Range class. The count of these ranges will determine the number of split documents to be created.

3. Split the document using the SplitDocument method of GcWordDocument class. To copy the formatting settings, use the Copy value of FormattingCopyStrategy enumeration.

4. Save the split documents as new documents using the Save method of GcWordDocument class.

   //Load the document
   GcWordDocument doc = new GcWordDocument();
   doc.Load("SampleDoc.docx");
   
   //Define an IEnumerable collection of document ranges which are intended to be copied to the new document
   Range[] splitRanges = new Range[] { doc.Body.Sections[0].GetRange(), doc.Body.Sections[1].GetRange() };
   
   //Split the document into multiple documents
   IEnumerable docs = doc.SplitDocument(FormattingCopyStrategy.Copy, splitRanges);
   
   //Save the individual documents
   List splitDocs = docs.ToList();
   splitDocs[0].Save("Doc1.docx");
   splitDocs[1].Save("Doc2.docx");

Merge Documents

To merge two documents:

1. Load the documents which you want to merge using the Load method of GcWordDocument class.

2. Define an IEnumerable collection of the documents you want to merge together.

3. Merge the documents using the MergeDocuments method of GcWordDocument class. To copy the formatting settings, use the Copy value of FormattingCopyStrategy enumeration.

4. Save the merged document as a new document using the Save method of GcWordDocument class.

   //Load the documents
   GcWordDocument doc1 = new GcWordDocument();
   doc1.Load("Document1.docx");
   
   GcWordDocument doc2 = new GcWordDocument();
   doc2.Load("Document2.docx");
   
   //Define an IEnumerable collection of documents to be merged
   GcWordDocument[] docs = new GcWordDocument[] { doc1, doc2 };
   
   //Merge the documents
   GcWordDocument mergedDoc = GcWordDocument.MergeDocuments(FormattingCopyStrategy.Copy, docs);
   
   //Save the merged document
   mergedDoc.Save("MergedDoc.docx");

For more information on how to split or merge documents content using GcWord, see GcWord sample browser.