Adding reference to Office library failing: type or namespace name Word not found

Question

I'm trying to use the sample code here:

I went to "Add Reference" dialog and added "Microsoft Word 12 library", but it doesn't appear in the Solution Explorer. I also added: using Microsoft.Office;

I get the following error message when trying to declare a "Word" object.

Error 1: The type or namespace name 'Word' could not be found (are you missing a using directive or an assembly reference?)

Any suggestions on how to properly reference the Word library?

Solution 1

Edit: changed so that it doesn't use the clipboard

using Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word;

public string Test(string path)
{
    Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.Application wordApp = new Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.Application();
    object file = path;
    object nullobj = System.Reflection.Missing.Value;

    Document doc = wordApp.Documents.Open(ref file, ref nullobj, ref nullobj,
                                           ref nullobj, ref nullobj, ref nullobj,
                                           ref nullobj, ref nullobj, ref nullobj,
                                           ref nullobj, ref nullobj, ref nullobj);

    string result = doc.Content.Text.Trim();
    doc.Close();
    return result;
}

Solution 2

You should use Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word assembly and directive
using Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word;

Solution 3

I added reference of microsoft word object library and also wrote using Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word; at the top. But the code didn't work. I was working with the code given in this link: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/316384

Then, I changed all the "Word" with "Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word" inside the code and it worked.