How to add text on desired coordinates on new word file using openxml - coordinates

Question

I want to create .docx file using openxml and add text on desired coordinates(location) on each page of the file. Is there any way in openxml to adjust the text. I am using the following snippet:
WordprocessingDocument doc = WordprocessingDocument.Create("E:\\test11.docx", DocumentFormat.OpenXml.WordprocessingDocumentType.Document);
{
MainDocumentPart mainPart = doc.AddMainDocumentPart();
mainPart.Document = new Document();
Body body = mainPart.Document.AppendChild(new Body());
Paragraph para = body.AppendChild(new Paragraph());
ParagraphProperties oParagraphProperties = para.AppendChild(new ParagraphProperties());
Run run = para.AppendChild(new Run());
Text tt = new Text(str);
run.AppendChild(tt);
RunProperties runProp = new RunProperties(); // Create run properties.
RunFonts runFont = new RunFonts() { Ascii = "Cambria(Headings)", HighAnsi = "Cambria(Headings)" };
Bold bold = new Bold();
DocumentFormat.OpenXml.Wordprocessing.Color Color1 = new DocumentFormat.OpenXml.Wordprocessing.Color() { Val = "0EBFE9" };
Italic ita = new Italic();
runProp.Append(bold);
runProp.Append(Color1);
runProp.Append(ita);
FontSize size = new FontSize();
size.Val = new StringValue((fontSize * 2).ToString()); // 48 half-point font size
runProp.Append(runFont);
runProp.Append(size);
run.PrependChild<RunProperties>(runProp);
}
Using this I was able to add text on .docx file, but not on desired coordinate location. Can someone help with this?
Thanks.

Answer 1

I found a way to add text to a coordinate on the page of a Word file. I started with your generated Word file and using Word, I added a simple TextBox (Insert->Text->TextBox). I generated the code for the added TextBox using the Productivity Tool. (Note: as of this writing, the latest version of the SDK is now 2.5, which is recommended for this to work).
Add the following method to your class above:
private static void PlaceTextAtCoordinate(Paragraph para, string text, double xCoordinate, double uCoordinate)
{
var picRun = para.AppendChild(new Run());
Picture picture1 = picRun.AppendChild(new Picture());
Shapetype shapetype1 = new Shapetype() { Id = "_x0000_t202", CoordinateSize = "21600,21600", OptionalNumber = 202, EdgePath = "m,l,21600r21600,l21600,xe" };
Stroke stroke1 = new Stroke() { JoinStyle = StrokeJoinStyleValues.Miter };
Path path1 = new Path() { AllowGradientShape = true, ConnectionPointType = ConnectValues.Rectangle };
shapetype1.Append(stroke1);
shapetype1.Append(path1);
Shape shape1 = new Shape() { Id = "Text Box 2", Style = string.Format("position:absolute;margin-left:{0:F1}pt;margin-top:{1:F1}pt;width:187.1pt;height:29.7pt;z-index:251657216;visibility:visible;mso-wrap-style:square;mso-width-percent:400;mso-height-percent:200;mso-wrap-distance-left:9pt;mso-wrap-distance-top:3.6pt;mso-wrap-distance-right:9pt;mso-wrap-distance-bottom:3.6pt;mso-position-horizontal-relative:text;mso-position-vertical-relative:text;mso-width-percent:400;mso-height-percent:200;mso-width-relative:margin;mso-height-relative:margin;v-text-anchor:top", xCoordinate, uCoordinate), Stroked = false };
TextBox textBox1 = new TextBox() { Style = "mso-fit-shape-to-text:t" };
TextBoxContent textBoxContent1 = new TextBoxContent();
Paragraph paragraph2 = new Paragraph();
Run run2 = new Run();
Text text2 = new Text();
text2.Text = text;
run2.Append(text2);
paragraph2.Append(run2);
textBoxContent1.Append(paragraph2);
textBox1.Append(textBoxContent1);
TextWrap textWrap1 = new TextWrap() { Type = WrapValues.Square };
shape1.Append(textBox1);
shape1.Append(textWrap1);
picture1.Append(shapetype1);
picture1.Append(shape1);
}
The following usings were found in my class - your list may be different - but I wanted to detail them here just in case.
using DocumentFormat.OpenXml;
using DocumentFormat.OpenXml.Packaging;
using DocumentFormat.OpenXml.Vml;
using DocumentFormat.OpenXml.Vml.Office;
using DocumentFormat.OpenXml.Vml.Wordprocessing;
using DocumentFormat.OpenXml.Wordprocessing;
Finally, add the following 2 calls to the very end of your method above:
PlaceTextAtCoordinate(para, "Text at 90.1,90.1", 90.1, 90.1);
PlaceTextAtCoordinate(para, "Text at 120.5,120.5", 120.1, 120.1);
and your Word Doc will look like the following: