Load in the Plain Text Format

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Aspose.Words does not directly support loading text files through the use of the Document constructor. This feature is however planned.

For the time being you can load a text file into Aspose.Words by inserting the contents of the text file into a blank document using the DocumentBuilder object. For more details, see the how-to on how to Load Plain TXT Files.

Since a text file normally contains only text, it cannot provide any of the complex Word document features that the other formats support during import. Normally the plain text is inserted as-is into the document body. However, Aspose.Words is versatile and you can fully customize import based on your requirements. For example, you can use the Range.Replace method to replace pre-determined place holders in the text file with different formatting or insert a node at that location.