Change Margins on HTML export to Word

html ms-word export margin

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Here is how I solved this, in VB.NET rather than C#. I got the code from here:

divContent.RenderControl(New HtmlTextWriter(New IO.StringWriter(sb)))

memoBody = sb.ToString

Response.Clear()
Response.AddHeader("content-disposition", "attachment;filename=" & fileName & "")
Response.ContentType = "application/msword"
Dim sbResponseString As New StringBuilder
Dim wordHeader as String = "<html xmlns:o=""urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office"" "
wordHeader &= "xmlns:w=""urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word"" "
wordHeader &= "xmlns=""http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40""> "
wordHeader &= "<head><title>Document Title</title>"
wordHeader &= "<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml><w:WordDocument><w:View>Print</w:View><w:Zoom>100</w:Zoom>"
wordHeader &= "<w:DoNotOptimizeForBrowser/></w:WordDocument></xml><![endif]-->"
wordHeader &= "<style> @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; mso-first-footer:ff1; mso-footer: f1; mso-header: h1; "
wordHeader &= "border:solid navy 2.25pt; padding:24.0pt 24.0pt 24.0pt 24.0pt; "
wordHeader &= "margin:0.75in 0.50in 0.75in 0.50in ; mso-header-margin:.5in; "
wordHeader &= "mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} "
wordHeader &= "div.Section1 {page:Section1;} p.MsoFooter, li.MsoFooter, "
wordHeader &= "div.MsoFooter{margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; "
wordHeader &= "mso-pagination:widow-orphan; tab-stops:center 3.0in right 6.0in; "
wordHeader &= "font-size:12.0pt; font-family:'Arial';} "
wordHeader &= "p.MsoHeader, li.MsoHeader, div.MsoHeader {margin:0in; "
wordHeader &= "margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; tab-stops:center "
wordHeader &= "3.0in right 6.0in; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:'Arial';}--></style></head> "

Dim wordBody as String = "<body><div class=Section1>" & memoBody & "</div></body></html>"

sbResponseString.Append(wordHeader)
sbResponseString.Append(wordBody)

Dim newResponseString As String = sbResponseString.ToString
Response.Write(newResponseString)
Response.End()

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Author by

TomO

Updated on July 23, 2022

Comments

TomO almost 2 years

The actual export is no problem:

Response.Clear();
Response.ClearHeaders();
Response.Buffer = true;
Response.ContentType = "application/msword";
Response.AddHeader("Pragma", "public");
Response.AddHeader("Expires", "0");
Response.AddHeader("Content-Type", "application/word");
Response.AddHeader("content-disposition", String.Format("attachment;filename={0}.doc", docName));
Response.Charset = "utf-8";
StringWriter sw = new StringWriter();
HtmlTextWriter hw = new HtmlTextWriter(sw);
mainbody.RenderControl(hw);
Response.Output.Write(sw.ToString());
Response.Flush();
Response.End();

So my question is: How do I change the margins on the resulting word doc?

If I open the downloaded word doc then save as HTML, the directive that defines the margins is:

@page WordSection1
{
  size:8.5in 11.0in;
  margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;
  mso-header-margin:.5in;
  mso-footer-margin:.5in;
  mso-paper-source:0;
}

I'm wondering how I can change this in the response headers so I can output the form correctly on one sheet. Any ideas?