Read the paragraphs of a Word file as quickly as possible

zequion 151 Reputation points
2021-10-31T04:16:00.333+00:00

I have a c# function that reads paragraphs from .doc/.docx files. I use the familiar Microsoft system. The problem is that to read a 20mb size file it takes 1 hour and to read a 100mb file it takes all day and I can't use the pc for anything else.

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  1. Charles Kenyon 2,561 Reputation points
    2021-11-01T18:05:26.56+00:00

    Basic problem is that Word does not know what a page is.
    https://wordmvp.com/Mac/PagesInWord.html

    It does know what a paragraph is (anything followed by a paragraph mark).

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  2. Stefan Blom 2,061 Reputation points MVP
    2021-11-05T17:56:57.667+00:00

    What does the code do with the content it retrieves from the Word document? Perhaps there is a simpler way than going through paragraph by paragraph.

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