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Programmatically add text and formatting to cells in Word tables

Each table consists of a collection of cells. Each individual Cell object represents one cell in the table. You refer to each cell by its ___location in the table. This example refers to the cell located in the first row and the first column of the table; adds text to the cell; and applies formatting.

Applies to: The information in this topic applies to document-level projects and VSTO Add-in projects for Word. For more information, see Features available by Office application and project type.

To add text and formatting to cells

  1. Refer to the cell by its ___location in the table, add text to the cell, and apply the formatting.

    The following code example can be used in a document-level customization. To use this example, run it from the ThisDocument class in your project.

    Word.Cell cell = this.Tables[1].Cell(1, 1);

cell.Range.Text = "Name"; 
cell.Range.ParagraphFormat.Alignment = Word.WdParagraphAlignment.wdAlignParagraphRight;

    The following code example can be used in a VSTO Add-in. This example uses the active document. To use the example, run it from the ThisAddIn class in your project.

    Word.Cell cell = this.Application.ActiveDocument.Tables[1].Cell(1, 1);

cell.Range.Text = "Name";
cell.Range.ParagraphFormat.Alignment = 
    Word.WdParagraphAlignment.wdAlignParagraphRight;

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