How to create a word document with c# code

• First download and install Open XML SDK 2.0 for Microsoft Office
• Open the installed program, mine was located at C:\Program Files (x86)\Open XML SDK\V2.0\tool\OpenXmlSdkTool.exe
• With the tool, open the desired word document that you want to generate with visual studio, temp.docx for example.
• Click on 'Reflect Code' on the top pane. Notice how there will be code generated on the right hand frame.
• In Visual Studio, create a new console application project, name it for example HelloWord. Add a new empty class WordDoc.cs and copy the above generated code to this new class file. Rename namespace to HelloWord and class to WordDoc. Here's how it looks like
• Add the following two references
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Open XML SDK\V2.0\lib\DocumentFormat.OpenXml.dll
  • WindowsBase from .NET (path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Reference Assemblies\Microsoft\Framework\v3.0\WindowsBase.dll)
• add these two lines to the Main function

              WordDoc wd = new WordDoc();
              wd.CreatePackage(@"C:\temp\mydoc.docx");
  

Once you run the console, you should see mydoc.docx created in C:\temp.