Replacing text with bulleted list

GemBox.Document
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Hi, I have a document that contains a collection of text placeholders. I’d like to replace these placeholders with various elements at runtime such a bulleted list, but I’d like the list to be in the same style format as the placeholder. e.g. If the text <> is in a certain font, size, colour then I’d like the list to be in the same style when it replaces the placeholder. I’m able to replace the placeholder with a list but seem to be having difficulty ensuring the style is preserved. Many Thanks.

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Hi,

You could retrieve the format of the placeholder text and use it on your new elements, but I believe the easiest way would be to use HTML content and inherit the placeholder formatting when importing that content.

For example, try this:

var document = DocumentModel.Load("input.docx");
var placeholder = document.Content.Find("PLACEHOLDER TEXT").First();

var html = "<ul><li>Sample 1</li><li>Sample 2</li><li>Sample 3</li></ul>";
var htmlOptions = new HtmlLoadOptions() { InheritCharacterFormat = true, InheritParagraphFormat = true };

placeholder.LoadText(html, htmlOptions);

document.Save("output.docx");

I hope this helps.

Regards,
Mario

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Thanks Mario, the solution worked perfectly