What libraries are available to open and graphically edit .docx files? I need to

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What libraries are available to open and graphically edit .docx files? I need to present forms provided as word files, show them to the user and let them fill in the fields, and then print it.

I've been able to track down Infragistics XamRichTextEditor, which is okay but does not export to PDF / XPS for printing, and also seem quite buggy from my trials.

The other option is Microsoft's interop services, the problem is not all clients have an up-to-date version of Word installed to use it.

Are there any other software libraries available? Most I've found are only for editing files programmatically (Aspose, Gembox etc.). Cost is not a huge concern as long as it's not more than 10.000-15.000$ for the license.

Explanation / Answer

I settled for DevExpress, which have an excellent word editing component for WPF, which measures up very well to the competition, with fixed layout support, printing, export/import of dozens of format. It's not perfect but much, much better than te competition I've seen.

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