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SpecialCharacter Class

Represents a character, such as break or tab, which shall be placed at the current location in the document content.
Inheritance Hierarchy
SystemObject
  SautinSoft.DocumentElement
    SautinSoft.DocumentInline
      SautinSoft.DocumentSpecialCharacter
        SautinSoft.DocumentAbsolutePositionTabCharacter

Namespace: SautinSoft.Document
Assembly: SautinSoft.Document (in SautinSoft.Document.dll) Version: 2024.1.24
Syntax
public class SpecialCharacter : Inline

The SpecialCharacter type exposes the following members.

Constructors
 NameDescription
Public methodCode exampleSpecialCharacter Initializes a new instance of the SpecialCharacter class.
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Properties
 NameDescription
Public propertyCode exampleCharacterFormat Gets or sets the character format.
Public propertyCode exampleCharacterType Gets the character type.
Public propertyElementType Gets the ElementType of this element instance.
(Overrides ElementElementType)
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Methods
 NameDescription
Public methodClone Clones this element instance.
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Example

See Developer Guide: Working with special characters in a document. How delete all page breaks in DOCX

Working with special characters in a document. How delete all page breaks in DOCX using C#
using System.Linq;
using SautinSoft.Document;

namespace Example
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            // Get your free 30-day key here:   
            // https://sautinsoft.com/start-for-free/

            DeletePageBreak();
        }
        /// <summary>
        /// Working with special characters in a document. How delete all page breaks in DOCX.
        /// </summary>
        /// <remarks>
        /// Details: https://sautinsoft.com/products/document/help/net/developer-guide/special-character-text-in-docx-document-net-csharp-vb.php
        /// </remarks>
        static void DeletePageBreak()
        {
            string filePath = @"..\..\..\example.docx";
            string fileResult = @"Result.docx";
            DocumentCore dc = DocumentCore.Load(filePath);
            foreach (SpecialCharacter sc in dc.GetChildElements(true, ElementType.SpecialCharacter).Reverse())
            {
                if (sc.CharacterType == SpecialCharacterType.PageBreak)
                    sc.Parent.Content.Delete();
            }
            dc.Save(fileResult);
            System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(new System.Diagnostics.ProcessStartInfo(filePath) { UseShellExecute = true });
            System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(new System.Diagnostics.ProcessStartInfo(fileResult) { UseShellExecute = true });
        }
    }
}
Working with special characters in a document. How delete all page breaks in DOCX using VB.Net
Imports System
Imports System.IO
Imports System.Linq
Imports SautinSoft.Document

Module Sample
    Sub Main()
        DeletePageBreak()
    End Sub
    ''' Get your free 30-day key here:   
    ''' https://sautinsoft.com/start-for-free/
    ''' <summary>
    ''' Working with special characters in a document. How delete all page breaks in DOCX.
    ''' </summary>
    ''' <remarks>
    ''' Details: https://sautinsoft.com/products/document/help/net/developer-guide/special-character-text-in-docx-document-net-csharp-vb.php
    ''' </remarks>
    Sub DeletePageBreak()
        Dim filePath As String = "..\..\..\example.docx"
        Dim fileResult As String = "Result.docx"
        Dim dc As DocumentCore = DocumentCore.Load(filePath)
        For Each sc As SpecialCharacter In dc.GetChildElements(True, ElementType.SpecialCharacter).Reverse()
            If sc.CharacterType = SpecialCharacterType.PageBreak Then
                sc.Parent.Content.Delete()
            End If
        Next sc
        dc.Save(fileResult)
        System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(New System.Diagnostics.ProcessStartInfo(filePath) With {.UseShellExecute = True})
        System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(New System.Diagnostics.ProcessStartInfo(fileResult) With {.UseShellExecute = True})
    End Sub
End Module
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