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CSV is one of the commonly used file formats for exchanging tabular data between applications. However, in some circumstances, CSV may not be the most appropriate file format. For instance, if you have a CSV report that needs to be sent to an important customer, the best way to ensure the file appears as-is on the customer's device is to convert it to PDF. This article will demonstrate how to convert CSV to PDF in C# and VB.NET using Spire.XLS for .NET.
Install Spire.XLS for .NET
To begin with, you need to add the DLL files included in the Spire.XLS for .NET package as references in your .NET project. The DLL files can be either downloaded from this link or installed via NuGet.
PM> Install-Package Spire.XLS
Convert CSV to PDF in C# and VB.NET
The following are the steps to convert a CSV file to PDF:
- Create an instance of Workbook class.
- Load the CSV file using Workbook.LoadFromFile(filePath, separator) method.
- Set the Workbook.ConverterSetting.SheetFitToPage property as true to ensure the worksheet is rendered to one PDF page.
- Get the first worksheet in the Workbook using Workbook.Worksheets[0] property.
- Loop through the columns in the worksheet and auto-fit the width of each column using Worksheet.AutoFitColumn() method.
- Save the worksheet to PDF using Worksheet.SaveToPdf() method.
- C#
- VB.NET
using Spire.Xls;
namespace ConvertCsvToPdf
{
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
//Create a Workbook instance
Workbook wb = new Workbook();
//Load a CSV file
wb.LoadFromFile("Sample.csv", ",");
//Set SheetFitToPage property as true to ensure the worksheet is converted to 1 PDF page
wb.ConverterSetting.SheetFitToPage = true;
//Get the first worksheet
Worksheet sheet = wb.Worksheets[0];
//Loop through the columns in the worksheet
for (int i = 1; i < sheet.Columns.Length; i++)
{
//AutoFit columns
sheet.AutoFitColumn(i);
}
//Save the worksheet to PDF
sheet.SaveToPdf("toPDF.pdf");
}
}
}

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Shapes are powerful tools for improving the aesthetics and functionality of your Excel documents. Whether you're looking to add visual elements to charts, highlight important data, or create engaging presentations, mastering shape manipulation is essential. In this article, we will explore how to add, format, and remove shapes in Excel in C# using Spire.XLS for .NET, providing you with practical tips and techniques to elevate your spreadsheet.
Install Spire.XLS for .NET
To begin with, you need to add the DLL files included in the Spire.XLS for .NET package as references in your .NET project. The DLL files can be either downloaded from this link or installed via NuGet.
PM> Install-Package Spire.XLS
Add Shapes in Excel in C#
Spire.XLS for .NET provides the Worksheet.PrstGeomShapes.AddPrstGeomShape(int row, int column, int width, int height, PrstGeomShapeType shapeType) method for adding shapes to a worksheet. The first four parameters define the shape's position and dimensions, while the fifth parameter specifies the shape type. The PrstGeomShapeType enumeration includes 188 different shape types preset in Excel.
To add a specific type of shape to a worksheet in C#, follow these steps:
- Create a Workbook object.
- Get a specific worksheet using the Workbook.Worksheets[index] property.
- Add a shape to the worksheet using the Worksheet.PrstGeomShapes.AddPrstGeomShape() method, specifying the location, size and type of the shape.
- Save the workbook to an Excel file.
The following code demonstrates how to generate an Excel file and add various geometric shapes, including a rectangle, a triangle, a heart, a pie, and a smiley face, using the Spire.XLS for .NET library.
- C#
using Spire.Xls;
using Spire.Xls.Core;
namespace AddShapesInExcel
{
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
// Create a Workbook object
Workbook workbook = new Workbook();
// Get the first worksheet
Worksheet sheet = workbook.Worksheets[0];
// Add a rectangle
IPrstGeomShape rectangle = sheet.PrstGeomShapes.AddPrstGeomShape(3, 2, 270, 40, PrstGeomShapeType.Rect);
// Set text for the shape
rectangle.Text = "Add various types of shapes to Excel";
rectangle.TextVerticalAlignment = ExcelVerticalAlignment.MiddleCentered;
// Add a triangle, a pie, a curved right arrow, a heart, a smile face, and an octagon to the worksheet
sheet.PrstGeomShapes.AddPrstGeomShape(8, 2, 100, 100, PrstGeomShapeType.Triangle);
sheet.PrstGeomShapes.AddPrstGeomShape(8, 6, 100, 100, PrstGeomShapeType.Pie);
sheet.PrstGeomShapes.AddPrstGeomShape(8, 10, 100, 100, PrstGeomShapeType.CurvedRightArrow);
sheet.PrstGeomShapes.AddPrstGeomShape(18, 2, 100, 100, PrstGeomShapeType.Heart);
sheet.PrstGeomShapes.AddPrstGeomShape(18, 6, 100, 100, PrstGeomShapeType.SmileyFace);
sheet.PrstGeomShapes.AddPrstGeomShape(18, 10, 100, 100, PrstGeomShapeType.Octagon);
// Save the workbook to an Excel file
workbook.SaveToFile("AddShapes.xlsx", ExcelVersion.Version2016);
// Dispose resources
workbook.Dispose();
}
}
}

Format Shapes in Excel in C#
Formatting shapes enhances the visual appeal of your worksheets and improves information conveyance. Spire.XLS for Java provides interfaces such as IShapeLineFormat, IShapeFill, and IShadow, enabling users to customize the line style, line color, fill, and shadow effect of a shape.
The steps to format a shape in Excel are as follows:
- Create a Workbook object.
- Get a specific worksheet using the Workbook.Worksheets[index] property.
- Add a shape to the worksheet using the Worksheet.PrstGeomShapes.AddPrstGeomShape() method, specifying the location, size and type of the shape.
- Get the IShapeLineFormat object through the IShape.Line property.
- Set the line style, color, width and visibility using the properties under the IShapeLineFormat object.
- Get the IShapeFill object through the IShape.Fill property.
- Set the fill type, and fill color (or image, pattern, texture) using the properties under the IShapeFill object.
- Save the workbook to an Excel file.
The following code demonstrates various methods for customizing shapes in Excel, including line styles, fill types (solid, gradient, pattern, texture), and the use of images.
- C#
using Spire.Xls;
using Spire.Xls.Core;
using System.Drawing;
namespace FormatShapesInExcel
{
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
// Create a Workbook object
Workbook workbook = new Workbook();
// Get the first worksheet
Worksheet sheet = workbook.Worksheets[0];
// Add the first rectangle to the worksheet
IPrstGeomShape rectangle_one = sheet.PrstGeomShapes.AddPrstGeomShape(4, 2, 220, 120, PrstGeomShapeType.Rect);
// Set the line style, width, and color
rectangle_one.Line.DashStyle = ShapeDashLineStyleType.Dashed;
rectangle_one.Line.Weight = 1.0;
rectangle_one.Line.ForeColor = Color.Red;
// Set the fill type and fore color
rectangle_one.Fill.FillType = ShapeFillType.SolidColor;
rectangle_one.Fill.ForeColor = Color.LightGray;
// Add the second rectangle and format the shape
IPrstGeomShape rectangle_two = sheet.PrstGeomShapes.AddPrstGeomShape(4, 6, 220, 120, PrstGeomShapeType.Rect);
rectangle_two.Line.Visible = false;
rectangle_two.Fill.FillType = ShapeFillType.Gradient;
rectangle_two.Fill.ForeColor = Color.LightGray;
rectangle_two.Fill.GradientStyle = GradientStyleType.Vertical;
// Add the third rectangle and format the shape
IPrstGeomShape rectangle_three = sheet.PrstGeomShapes.AddPrstGeomShape(4, 10, 220, 120, PrstGeomShapeType.Rect);
rectangle_three.Line.Weight = 1.0;
rectangle_three.Fill.FillType = ShapeFillType.Pattern;
rectangle_three.Fill.Pattern = GradientPatternType.Pat80Percent;
rectangle_three.Fill.ForeColor = Color.White;
rectangle_three.Fill.BackColor = Color.Pink;
// Add the fourth rectangle and format the shape
IPrstGeomShape rectangle_four = sheet.PrstGeomShapes.AddPrstGeomShape(15, 2, 220, 120, PrstGeomShapeType.Rect);
rectangle_four.Line.Weight = 1.0;
rectangle_four.Fill.CustomPicture("C:\\Users\\Administrator\\Desktop\\cartoon.jpeg");
// Add the fifth rectangle and format the shape
IPrstGeomShape rectangle_five = sheet.PrstGeomShapes.AddPrstGeomShape(15, 6, 220, 120, PrstGeomShapeType.Rect);
rectangle_five.Line.Weight = 1.0;
rectangle_five.Fill.FillType = ShapeFillType.NoFill;
// Add the sixth rectangle and format the shape
IPrstGeomShape rectangle_six = sheet.PrstGeomShapes.AddPrstGeomShape(15, 10, 220, 120, PrstGeomShapeType.Rect);
rectangle_six.Line.Weight = 1.0;
rectangle_six.Fill.FillType = ShapeFillType.Texture;
rectangle_six.Fill.Texture = GradientTextureType.Canvas;
// Save the workbook to an Excel file
workbook.SaveToFile("FormatShapes.xlsx", ExcelVersion.Version2016);
// Dispose resources
workbook.Dispose();
}
}
}

Remove Shapes from Excel in C#
The Worksheet.PrstGeomShapes property returns a collection of shapes within a worksheet. To remove a specific shape from the collection, use the PrstGeomShapeCollection[index].Remove() method, where the index specifies the shape's position. To delete all shapes, you can iterate through the collection and remove each shape individually.
The steps to remove a shape in an Excel worksheet are as follows:
- Create a Workbook object.
- Load an Excel file using the Workbook.LoadFromFile() method.
- Get a specific worksheet through the Workbook.Worksheets[index] property.
- Get the shape collection through the Worksheet.PrstGeomShapes property.
- Remove a specific shape using the PrstGeomShapeCollection[index].Remove() method.
- Save the workbook to a different Excel file.
The following code demonstrates how to load an existing Excel file, remove specific shapes or all shapes from a worksheet.
- C#
using Spire.Xls;
using Spire.Xls.Core.Spreadsheet.Collections;
namespace RemoveShapesFromExcel
{
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
// Create a Workbook object
Workbook workbook = new Workbook();
// Load an Excel file
workbook.LoadFromFile("C:\\Users\\Administrator\\Desktop\\Shapes.xlsx");
// Get a specific worksheet
Worksheet sheet = workbook.Worksheets[0];
// Get the shape collection from the worksheet
PrstGeomShapeCollection shapes = sheet.PrstGeomShapes;
// Remove a specific shape
shapes[1].Remove();
/*
// Remove all shapes
for (int i = shapes.Count - 1; i >= 0; i--)
{
shapes[i].Remove();
}
*/
// Save the workbook to an Excel file
workbook.SaveToFile("RemoveShape.xlsx", ExcelVersion.Version2013);
// Dispose resources
workbook.Dispose();
}
}
}
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Spire.Presentation has a powerful function to print PowerPoint document. From Spire.Presentation v 2.8.59, it supports to use the PrintDocument object to print the presentation slides. This example shows how to print presentation slides using C# via the following print methods:
- Print PowerPoint document to default printer.
- Print PowerPoint document to virtual printer.
- Print some pages from the PowerPoint document and set the document name, number of copies while printing the presentation slides.
Print presentation slides to default printer and print all the pages on the PowerPoint document.
using Spire.Presentation;
using System.Drawing.Printing;
namespace PrintPPT
{
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
Presentation ppt = new Presentation();
ppt.LoadFromFile("Sample.pptx");
PresentationPrintDocument document = new PresentationPrintDocument(ppt);
document.PrintController = new StandardPrintController();
ppt.Print(document);
}
}
}
Print PowerPoint document to virtual printer (Microsoft XPS Document Writer).
using Spire.Presentation;
namespace PrintPPT
{
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
Presentation ppt = new Presentation();
ppt.LoadFromFile("Sample.pptx");
PresentationPrintDocument document = new PresentationPrintDocument(ppt);
document.PrinterSettings.PrinterName = "Microsoft XPS Document Writer";
ppt.Print(document);
}
}
}
Print some pages from the PowerPoint document and set the document name, number of copies while printing the presentation slides.
using Spire.Presentation;
using System.Drawing.Printing;
namespace PrintPPT
{
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
Presentation ppt = new Presentation();
ppt.LoadFromFile("Sample.pptx");
PresentationPrintDocument document = new PresentationPrintDocument(ppt);
//Set the document name to display while printing the document
document.DocumentName = "Print PowerPoint";
//Choose to print some pages from the PowerPoint document
document.PrinterSettings.PrintRange = PrintRange.SomePages;
document.PrinterSettings.FromPage = 1;
document.PrinterSettings.ToPage = 2;
//Set the number of copies of the document to print
document.PrinterSettings.Copies = 2;
ppt.Print(document);
}
}
}
Comments in Excel are blocks of text that can be added to cells, mainly used to provide additional explanation or supplemental information about the cell contents. Users can add comments to the specific cells to better explain the data of worksheets. However, sometimes too many comments will cause visual clutter or obstruct other content. To avoid this issue, existing comments can be hidden programmatically to make the worksheet more organized and readable. Hidden comments can also be easily displayed when necessary. In this article, you will learn how to hide or show comments in excel by using Spire.XLS for .NET.
Install Spire.XLS for .NET
To begin with, you need to add the DLL files included in the Spire.XLS for.NET package as references in your .NET project. The DLLs files can be either downloaded from this link or installed via NuGet.
PM> Install-Package Spire.XLS
Hide Comments in Excel
Spire.XLS for .NET provides the Worksheet.Comments[].IsVisble property to control the visibility of comments. You can easily hide existing comments by setting this property to "false". The following are the detailed steps to hide comments in excel.
- Initialize a Workbook instance.
- Load a sample file using Workbook.LoadFromFile() method.
- Get the desired worksheet through Workbook.Worksheets[] property.
- Hide the specific comment in the worksheet by setting Worksheet.Comments[].IsVisble property to "false".
- Finally, save the result file using Workbook.SavaToFile() method.
- C#
- VB.NET
using Spire.Xls;
namespace ShowExcelComments
{
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
{
//Initialize a Workbook instance and load the excel document
Workbook workbook = new Workbook();
workbook.LoadFromFile("Comments.xlsx");
//Get the first worksheet
Worksheet sheet = workbook.Worksheets[0];
//Hide the specific comment in the worksheet
sheet.Comments[0].IsVisible = false;
//Save the document
workbook.SaveToFile("HideComment.xlsx", ExcelVersion.Version2013);
workbook.Dispose();
}
}
}
}

Show Comments in Excel
Hidden comments can also be easily displayed when necessary. If you want to show it again, please set Worksheet.Comments[].IsVisble property to "ture". The following are the steps to show comments in excel.
- Initialize a Workbook instance.
- Load a sample file using Workbook.LoadFromFile() method.
- Get the desired worksheet through Workbook.Worksheets[] property.
- Show the specific comment in the worksheet By setting Worksheet.Comments[].IsVisble property to "true".
- Finally, save the result file using Workbook.SavaToFile() method.
- C#
- VB.NET
using Spire.Xls;
namespace ShowExcelComments
{
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
{
//Initialize a Workbook instance and load the excel document
Workbook workbook = new Workbook();
workbook.LoadFromFile("HideComment.xlsx");
//Get the first worksheet
Worksheet sheet = workbook.Worksheets[0];
//Show the specific comment in the worksheet
sheet.Comments[0].IsVisible = true;
//Save the document
workbook.SaveToFile("ShowComment.xlsx", ExcelVersion.Version2013);
workbook.Dispose();
}
}
}
}

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You may sometimes want your text to display vertically (letters stacked one on top of the other), horizontally, or rotated facing the right margin or the left margin. This tutorial shows you how to change the text direction using VerticalTextType property in Spire.Presentation.
Step 1: Initialize an instance of Prensentation class.
Presentation ppt = new Presentation();
Step 2: Append a shape with text to the first slide.
IAutoShape textboxShape = ppt.Slides[0].Shapes.AppendShape(ShapeType.Rectangle, new RectangleF(50, 70, 100, 400)); textboxShape.ShapeStyle.LineColor.Color = Color.Transparent; textboxShape.Fill.FillType = Spire.Presentation.Drawing.FillFormatType.Solid; textboxShape.Fill.SolidColor.Color = Color.OrangeRed; textboxShape.TextFrame.Text = "You Are Welcome Here";
Step 3: Set the text direction to vertical.
textboxShape.TextFrame.VerticalTextType = VerticalTextType.Vertical;
Step 4: Append another shape with text to the slide.
textboxShape = ppt.Slides[0].Shapes.AppendShape(ShapeType.Rectangle, new RectangleF(150, 70, 100, 400)); textboxShape.ShapeStyle.LineColor.Color = Color.Transparent; textboxShape.Fill.FillType = Spire.Presentation.Drawing.FillFormatType.Solid; textboxShape.Fill.SolidColor.Color = Color.Orange; textboxShape.TextFrame.Text = "欢迎光临";
Step 5: For asian characters, you can set the VerticalTextType as EastAsianVertical to aviod rotating text 90 degrees.
textboxShape.TextFrame.VerticalTextType = VerticalTextType.EastAsianVertical;
Step 6: Save the file.
ppt.SaveToFile("output.pptx", FileFormat.Pptx2013);
Output:

Full Code:
using Spire.Presentation;
using System.Drawing;
namespace ChangeTextDirection
{
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
Presentation ppt = new Presentation();
IAutoShape textboxShape = ppt.Slides[0].Shapes.AppendShape(ShapeType.Rectangle, new RectangleF(50, 70, 100, 400));
textboxShape.ShapeStyle.LineColor.Color = Color.Transparent;
textboxShape.Fill.FillType = Spire.Presentation.Drawing.FillFormatType.Solid;
textboxShape.Fill.SolidColor.Color = Color.OrangeRed;
textboxShape.TextFrame.Text = "You Are Welcome Here";
textboxShape.TextFrame.VerticalTextType = VerticalTextType.Vertical;
textboxShape = ppt.Slides[0].Shapes.AppendShape(ShapeType.Rectangle, new RectangleF(150, 70, 100, 400));
textboxShape.ShapeStyle.LineColor.Color = Color.Transparent;
textboxShape.Fill.FillType = Spire.Presentation.Drawing.FillFormatType.Solid;
textboxShape.Fill.SolidColor.Color = Color.Orange;
textboxShape.TextFrame.Text = "欢迎光临";
textboxShape.TextFrame.VerticalTextType = VerticalTextType.EastAsianVertical;
ppt.SaveToFile("output.pptx", FileFormat.Pptx2013);
}
}
}
Imports Spire.Presentation
Imports System.Drawing
Namespace ChangeTextDirection
Class Program
Private Shared Sub Main(args As String())
Dim ppt As New Presentation()
Dim textboxShape As IAutoShape = ppt.Slides(0).Shapes.AppendShape(ShapeType.Rectangle, New RectangleF(50, 70, 100, 400))
textboxShape.ShapeStyle.LineColor.Color = Color.Transparent
textboxShape.Fill.FillType = Spire.Presentation.Drawing.FillFormatType.Solid
textboxShape.Fill.SolidColor.Color = Color.OrangeRed
textboxShape.TextFrame.Text = "You Are Welcome Here"
textboxShape.TextFrame.VerticalTextType = VerticalTextType.Vertical
textboxShape = ppt.Slides(0).Shapes.AppendShape(ShapeType.Rectangle, New RectangleF(150, 70, 100, 400))
textboxShape.ShapeStyle.LineColor.Color = Color.Transparent
textboxShape.Fill.FillType = Spire.Presentation.Drawing.FillFormatType.Solid
textboxShape.Fill.SolidColor.Color = Color.Orange
textboxShape.TextFrame.Text = "欢迎光临"
textboxShape.TextFrame.VerticalTextType = VerticalTextType.EastAsianVertical
ppt.SaveToFile("output.pptx", FileFormat.Pptx2013)
End Sub
End Class
End Namespace
We have already demonstrated how to use Spire.PDF to add multiple layers to PDF file and delete layer in PDF in C#. We can also toggle the visibility of a PDF layer while creating a new page layer with the help of Spire.PDF. In this section, we're going to demonstrate how to toggle the visibility of layers in new PDF document in C#.
Step 1: Create a new PDF document and add a new page to the PDF document.
PdfDocument pdf = new PdfDocument(); PdfPageBase page = pdf.Pages.Add();
Step 2: Add a layer named "Blue line" to the PDF page and set the layer invisible.
PdfLayer layer = pdf.Layers.AddLayer(""Green line"", PdfVisibility.Off);
PdfPen pen = new PdfPen(Color.Green, 1f);
PdfCanvas pcA = layer.CreateGraphics(page.Canvas);
pcA.DrawLine(pen, new PointF(0, 30), new PointF(300, 30));
Step 3: Add a layer named "Ellipse" to the PDF page and set the layer visible.
layer = pdf.Layers.AddLayer(""Ellipse"", PdfVisibility.On);
PdfPen pen2 = new PdfPen(Color.Green, 1f);
PdfBrush brush2 = new PdfSolidBrush(Color.Green);
PdfCanvas pcB = layer.CreateGraphics(page.Canvas);
pcB.DrawEllipse(pen2, brush2, 50, 70, 200, 60);
Step 4: Save the document to file.
pdf.SaveToFile("LayerVisibility.pdf", FileFormat.PDF);
Effective screenshot after toggle the visibility of PDF layer:

Full codes:
using Spire.Pdf;
using Spire.Pdf.Graphics;
using System.Drawing;
namespace LayerVisibility
{
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
PdfDocument pdf = new PdfDocument();
PdfPageBase page = pdf.Pages.Add();
PdfLayer layer = pdf.Layers.AddLayer("Green line", PdfVisibility.Off);
PdfPen pen = new PdfPen(Color.Green, 1f);
PdfCanvas pcA = layer.CreateGraphics(page.Canvas);
pcA.DrawLine(pen,new PointF(0, 30), new PointF(300, 30));
layer = pdf.Layers.AddLayer("Ellipse", PdfVisibility.On);
PdfPen pen2 = new PdfPen(Color.Green, 1f);
PdfBrush brush2 = new PdfSolidBrush(Color.Green);
PdfCanvas pcB = layer.CreateGraphics(page.Canvas);
pcB.DrawEllipse(pen2, brush2, 50, 70, 200, 60);
pdf.SaveToFile("LayerVisibility.pdf", FileFormat.PDF);
}
}
}
Tab stops are markers placed on the ruler that define how text or numbers are aligned on a line. To add tab stops to a paragraph in Microsoft Word, we need to open the Tabs dialog box and then set the tab stop position, alignment and leader as shown below.

This article elaborates how to add tab stops to paragraphs in word document programmatically using Spire.Doc.
Detail steps:
Step 1: Instantiate a Document object and add a section to it.
Document document = new Document(); Section section = document.AddSection();
Step 2: Add paragraph 1 to the section.
Paragraph paragraph1 = section.AddParagraph();
Step 3: Add tab stops to paragraph 1.
//Add tab and set its position (in points)
Tab tab = paragraph1.Format.Tabs.AddTab(28);
//Set tab alignment
tab.Justification = TabJustification.Left;
//move to next tab and append text
paragraph1.AppendText("\tWashing Machine");
//Add another tab and set its position (in points)
tab = paragraph1.Format.Tabs.AddTab(280);
//Set tab alignment
tab.Justification = TabJustification.Left;
//Specify tab leader type
tab.TabLeader = TabLeader.Dotted;
//move to next tab and append text
paragraph1.AppendText("\t$650");
Step 4: Add paragraph 2 to the section.
Paragraph paragraph2 = section.AddParagraph();
Step 5: Add tab stops to paragraph 2.
//Add tab and set its position (in points)
tab = paragraph2.Format.Tabs.AddTab(28);
//Set tab alignment
tab.Justification = TabJustification.Left;
//move to next tab and append text
paragraph2.AppendText("\tRefrigerator");
//Add another tab and set its position (in points)
tab = paragraph2.Format.Tabs.AddTab(280);
//Set tab alignment
tab.Justification = TabJustification.Left;
//Specify tab leader type
tab.TabLeader = TabLeader.NoLeader;
//move to next tab and append text
paragraph2.AppendText("\t$800");
Step 6: Save and close the document object.
document.SaveToFile("Tab.docx", FileFormat.Docx2013);
document.Close();
Screenshot:

Full code:
using Spire.Doc;
using Spire.Doc.Documents;
namespace AddTapStops
{
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
//Instantiate a Document object
Document document = new Document();
//Add a section
Section section = document.AddSection();
//Add paragraph 1
Paragraph paragraph1 = section.AddParagraph();
//Add tab and set its position (in points)
Tab tab = paragraph1.Format.Tabs.AddTab(28);
//Set tab alignment
tab.Justification = TabJustification.Left;
//move to next tab and append text
paragraph1.AppendText("\tWashing Machine");
//Add another tab and set its position (in points)
tab = paragraph1.Format.Tabs.AddTab(280);
//Set tab alignment
tab.Justification = TabJustification.Left;
//Specify tab leader type
tab.TabLeader = TabLeader.Dotted;
//move to next tab and append text
paragraph1.AppendText("\t$650");
//Add paragraph 2
Paragraph paragraph2 = section.AddParagraph();
//Add tab and set its position (in points)
tab = paragraph2.Format.Tabs.AddTab(28);
//Set tab alignment
tab.Justification = TabJustification.Left;
//move to next tab and append text
paragraph2.AppendText("\tRefrigerator"); //move to next tab and append text
//Add another tab and set its position (in points)
tab = paragraph2.Format.Tabs.AddTab(280);
//Set tab alignment
tab.Justification = TabJustification.Left;
//Specify tab leader type
tab.TabLeader = TabLeader.NoLeader;
//move to next tab and append text
paragraph2.AppendText("\t$800");
//Save and close the document object
document.SaveToFile("Tab.docx", FileFormat.Docx2013);
document.Close();
}
}
}
With Spire.XLS for .NET, we could easily add different kinds of charts to Excel worksheet, such as Pie Chart, Column Chart, bar chart, line chart, radar chart, Doughnut chart, pyramid chart, etc. In this article, we'll show you how to remove chart from Excel worksheet by using Spire.XLS.
Below is a sample document which contains a chart and table from the Excel worksheet, then we'll remove the chart from the slide.

C# Code Snippet of how to remove the chart from Excel:
Step 1: Create an instance of Excel workbook and load the document from file.
Workbook workbook = new Workbook();
workbook.LoadFromFile("Sample.xlsx");
Step 2: Get the first worksheet from the workbook.
Worksheet sheet = workbook.Worksheets[0];
Step 3: Get the first chart from the first worksheet.
IChartShape chart = sheet.Charts[0];
Step 4: Remove the chart.
chart.Remove();
Step 5: Save the document to file.
workbook.SaveToFile("RemoveChart.xlsx");
Effective screenshot:

Full code:
using Spire.Xls;
using Spire.Xls.Core;
namespace RemoveChart
{
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
Workbook workbook = new Workbook();
workbook.LoadFromFile("Sample.xlsx");
Worksheet sheet = workbook.Worksheets[0];
IChartShape chart = sheet.Charts[0];
chart.Remove();
workbook.SaveToFile("RemoveChart.xlsx");
}
}
}
Imports Spire.Xls
Imports Spire.Xls.Core
Namespace RemoveChart
Class Program
Private Shared Sub Main(args As String())
Dim workbook As New Workbook()
workbook.LoadFromFile("Sample.xlsx")
Dim sheet As Worksheet = workbook.Worksheets(0)
Dim chart As IChartShape = sheet.Charts(0)
chart.Remove()
workbook.SaveToFile("RemoveChart.xlsx")
End Sub
End Class
End Namespace
In Word, textbox can contain multiple elements such as text, image and table. This article demonstrates how to insert table into word textbox, and read and delete existing table from word textbox using Spire.Doc.
Insert table
using Spire.Doc;
using Spire.Doc.Documents;
using Spire.Doc.Fields;
namespace InsertTable
{
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
//Create a Document instance
Document document = new Document();
//Add a section
Section section = document.AddSection();
//Add a paragraph to the section
Paragraph paragraph = section.AddParagraph();
//Add textbox to the paragraph
TextBox textbox = paragraph.AppendTextBox(300, 100);
//Add text to textbox
Paragraph textboxParagraph = textbox.Body.AddParagraph();
TextRange textboxRange = textboxParagraph.AppendText("Table 1");
textboxRange.CharacterFormat.FontName = "Arial";
//Insert table to textbox
Table table = textbox.Body.AddTable(true);
//Specify the number of rows and columns of the table
table.ResetCells(4, 4);
string[,] data = new string[,]
{
{"Name","Age","Gender","ID" },
{"John","28","Male","0023" },
{"Steve","30","Male","0024" },
{"Lucy","26","female","0025" }
};
//Add data to table
for (int i = 0; i < 4; i++)
{
for (int j = 0; j < 4; j++)
{
TextRange tableRange = table[i, j].AddParagraph().AppendText(data[i, j]);
tableRange.CharacterFormat.FontName = "Arial";
}
}
//Apply style to table
table.ApplyStyle(DefaultTableStyle.LightGridAccent3);
//Save the document
document.SaveToFile("Output.docx", FileFormat.Docx2013);
}
}
}

Read table
using Spire.Doc;
using Spire.Doc.Documents;
using Spire.Doc.Fields;
using System.IO;
using System.Text;
namespace ReadTable
{
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
//Create a Document instance and load the word document
Document document = new Document("Output.docx");
//Get the first textbox
TextBox textbox = document.TextBoxes[0];
//Get the first table in the textbox
Table table = textbox.Body.Tables[0] as Table;
StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
//Loop through the paragraphs of the table and extract text to a .txt file
foreach (TableRow row in table.Rows)
{
foreach (TableCell cell in row.Cells)
{
foreach (Paragraph paragraph in cell.Paragraphs)
{
sb.AppendLine(paragraph.Text);
}
}
}
File.WriteAllText("text.txt", sb.ToString());
}
}
}

Delete table
using Spire.Doc;
using Spire.Doc.Fields;
namespace DeleteTable
{
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
//Create a Document instance and load the word document
Document document = new Document("Output.docx");
//Get the first textbox
TextBox textbox = document.TextBoxes[0];
//Remove the first table from the textbox
textbox.Body.Tables.RemoveAt(0);
//Save the document
document.SaveToFile("RemoveTable.docx", FileFormat.Docx2013);
}
}
}

How to Create Chart Using Excel Data in PowerPoint in C#, VB.NET
2017-09-08 07:11:15 Written by KoohjiWhen creating charts from scratch in PowerPoint slide, an Excel sheet with some dummy data will automatically be generated. The dummy data can be overwritten with the data from data source as well as from an existing Excel file. This article demonstrates how we can create chart in PowerPoint using the data in Excel file.
This solution requires Spire.Presneation.dll and Spire.Xls.dll to be added as references in project. Please download Spire.Office and reference the corresponding DLLs from it.
Here is the Excel sheet containing our sample data.

Step 1: Create a Presentation document.
Presentation ppt = new Presentation();
Step 2: Append a column chart in the first slide.
RectangleF rect = new RectangleF(40, 100, 550, 320); IChart chart = ppt.Slides[0].Shapes.AppendChart(ChartType.ColumnClustered, rect);
Step 3: Clear the default dummy data.
chart.ChartData.Clear(0, 0, 5, 5);
Step 4: Load an existing Excel file to Workbook instance and get the first worksheet.
Workbook wb = new Workbook();
wb.LoadFromFile("data.xlsx");
Worksheet sheet = wb.Worksheets[0];
Step 5: Import data from the worksheet to chart table.
for (int r = 0; r < sheet.AllocatedRange.RowCount; r++)
{
for (int c = 0; c < sheet.AllocatedRange.ColumnCount; c++)
{
chart.ChartData[r, c].Value = sheet.Range[r + 1, c + 1].Value2;
}
}
Step 6: Set the series label and categories labels.
chart.Series.SeriesLabel = chart.ChartData["B1", "B1"]; chart.Categories.CategoryLabels = chart.ChartData["A2","A13"];
Step 7: Set the series values.
chart.Series[0].Values = chart.ChartData["B2","B13"];
Step 8: Save the file.
ppt.SaveToFile("chart.pptx",Spire.Presentation.FileFormat.Pptx2013);
Output:

Full Code:
using System;
using Spire.Presentation;
using System.Drawing;
using Spire.Presentation.Charts;
using Spire.Xls;
namespace CreateChartFromExcelData
{
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
//initialize an instance of Presentation class
Presentation ppt = new Presentation();
RectangleF rect = new RectangleF(40, 100, 550, 320);
IChart chart = ppt.Slides[0].Shapes.AppendChart(ChartType.ColumnClustered, rect);
//clear the default dummy data
chart.ChartData.Clear(0, 0, 5, 5);
//load an existing Excel file to Workbook object
Workbook wb = new Workbook();
wb.LoadFromFile("data.xlsx");
Worksheet sheet = wb.Worksheets[0];
//import data from the sheet to chart table
for (int r = 0; r < sheet.AllocatedRange.RowCount; r++)
{
for (int c = 0; c < sheet.AllocatedRange.ColumnCount; c++)
{
chart.ChartData[r, c].Value = sheet.Range[r + 1, c + 1].Value2;
}
}
//add chart title
chart.ChartTitle.TextProperties.Text = "Monthly Sales Report";
chart.ChartTitle.TextProperties.IsCentered = true;
chart.ChartTitle.Height = 30;
chart.HasTitle = true;
//set the series label
chart.Series.SeriesLabel = chart.ChartData["B1", "B1"];
//set the category labels
chart.Categories.CategoryLabels = chart.ChartData["A2","A13"];
//set the series values
chart.Series[0].Values = chart.ChartData["B2","B13"];
//save the file
ppt.SaveToFile("chart.pptx",Spire.Presentation.FileFormat.Pptx2013);
}
}
}
Imports Spire.Presentation
Imports System.Drawing
Imports Spire.Presentation.Charts
Imports Spire.Xls
Namespace CreateChartFromExcelData
Class Program
Private Shared Sub Main(args As String())
'initialize an instance of Presentation class
Dim ppt As New Presentation()
Dim rect As New RectangleF(40, 100, 550, 320)
Dim chart As IChart = ppt.Slides(0).Shapes.AppendChart(ChartType.ColumnClustered, rect)
'clear the default dummy data
chart.ChartData.Clear(0, 0, 5, 5)
'load an existing Excel file to Workbook object
Dim wb As New Workbook()
wb.LoadFromFile("data.xlsx")
Dim sheet As Worksheet = wb.Worksheets(0)
'import data from the sheet to chart table
For r As Integer = 0 To sheet.AllocatedRange.RowCount - 1
For c As Integer = 0 To sheet.AllocatedRange.ColumnCount - 1
chart.ChartData(r, c).Value = sheet.Range(r + 1, c + 1).Value2
Next
Next
'add chart title
chart.ChartTitle.TextProperties.Text = "Monthly Sales Report"
chart.ChartTitle.TextProperties.IsCentered = True
chart.ChartTitle.Height = 30
chart.HasTitle = True
'set the series label
chart.Series.SeriesLabel = chart.ChartData("B1", "B1")
'set the category labels
chart.Categories.CategoryLabels = chart.ChartData("A2", "A13")
'set the series values
chart.Series(0).Values = chart.ChartData("B2", "B13")
'save the file
ppt.SaveToFile("chart.pptx", Spire.Presentation.FileFormat.Pptx2013)
End Sub
End Class
End Namespace