Question

What is the easiest and most efficient way to delete a specific page from a Document object using the Word Interop Libraries?

I have noticed there is a Pages property that extends/implements IEnumerable. Can one simply remove the elements in the array and the pages will be removed from the Document?

I have also seen the Ranges and Section examples, but the don’t look very elegant to use.

Thanks.

Answer 1

One possible option is to bookmark the whole pages (Select the whole page, go to Tools | Insert Bookmark then type in a name). You can then use the Bookmarks collection of the Document object to refer to the text and delete it.

Alternatively, try the C# equivalent of this code:

Doc.ActiveWindow.Selection.GoTo wdPage, PageNumber
Doc.Bookmarks("\Page").Range.Text = ""

The first line moves the cursor to page “PageNumber”. The second one uses a Predefined Bookmark which always refers to the page the cursor is currently on, including the the page break at the end of the page if it exists.