Optimize and compress files in C#

High-performance .NET library to optimize file's content and size retaining the original quality and baseline data

Develop software using advanced document optimising API, create high-level, platform-independent code for .NET and .NET Core platforms. This is a powerful solution to compress documents and images in C#, F#, VB.NET.

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Compress Word documents in C#

Make large files smaller without loss of quality. Delete unnecessary and unused data. Shrink the size of Word and HTML files in C#. Our C# library provides developers with an integrated API to optimize documents in various formats.

This C# library is a stand-alone solution and doesn't require any third party software installed.

Reduce the size of Word and HTML files using C#

The maximum effect can be obtained by optimizing high-resolution images, as well as documents containing such images. Our C# library will help you to compress DOCX, DOC, RTF, ODT, EPUB, HTML, JPG, PNG files.

Optimization of documents without loss of quality made easy with 'Aspose.Words for .NET'. The following example shows how to shrink the size of a Word document in C#:

C# code example to optimize file's content and size
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using Aspose.Words;

var doc = new Document("Input.docx");
doc.Cleanup();

var nodes = doc.GetChildNodes(NodeType.Shape, true);
foreach (Shape shape in nodes)
{
    if (shape.IsImage)
    {
        // It's up to developer to choose the library for image compression.
        using var image = Image.FromStream(shape.ImageData.ToStream());

        // ...
        // Compress image and set it back to the shape.
        shape.ImageData.SetImage("yourCompressedImage");
    }
}


var saveOptions = new OoxmlSaveOptions
{
  CompressionLevel = CompressionLevel.Maximum
};

doc.Save("Output.docx", saveOptions);
using Aspose.Words; var doc = new Document("Input.docx"); doc.Cleanup(); var nodes = doc.GetChildNodes(NodeType.Shape, true); foreach (Shape shape in nodes) { if (shape.IsImage) { // It's up to developer to choose the library for image compression. using var image = Image.FromStream(shape.ImageData.ToStream()); // ... // Compress image and set it back to the shape. shape.ImageData.SetImage("yourCompressedImage"); } } var saveOptions = new PdfSaveOptions { CacheBackgroundGraphics = true }; doc.Save("Output.docx", saveOptions); using Aspose.Words; var doc = new Document("Input.docx"); doc.Cleanup(); var nodes = doc.GetChildNodes(NodeType.Shape, true); foreach (Shape shape in nodes) { if (shape.IsImage) { // It's up to developer to choose the library for image compression. using var image = Image.Fromstream(shape.ImageData.ToStream()); // ... // Compress image and set it back to the shape. shape.ImageData.SetImage("yourCompressedImage"); } } doc.Save("Output.docx"); using Aspose.Words; var doc = new Document("Input.docx"); doc.Cleanup(); var nodes = doc.GetChildNodes(NodeType.Shape, true); foreach (Shape shape in nodes) { if (shape.IsImage) { // It's up to developer to choose the library for image compression. using var image = Image.FromStream(shape.ImageData.ToStream()); // ... // Compress image and set it back to the shape. shape.ImageData.SetImage("yourCompressedImage"); } } var saveOptions = new OoxmlSaveOptions { CompressionLevel = CompressionLevel.Maximum }; doc.Save("Output.docx", saveOptions); using Aspose.Words; var doc = new Document(); var builder = new DocumentBuilder(doc); var shape = builder.InsertImage("Input.docx"); // Update page settings to crop the document to fit the size of the picture. var pageSetup = builder.PageSetup; pageSetup.PageWidth = shape.Width; pageSetup.PageHeight = shape.Height; pageSetup.TopMargin = 0; pageSetup.LeftMargin = 0; pageSetup.BottomMargin = 0; pageSetup.RightMargin = 0; var saveOptions = new ImageSaveOptions(SaveFormat.Docx) { }; doc.Save("Output.docx", saveOptions); using Aspose.Words; using Aspose.Words.Pdf2Word.FixedFormats; using var pdfStream = File.OpenRead("Input.docx"); var renderer = new PdfFixedRenderer(); var pdfReadOptions = new PdfFixedOptions { ImageFormat = FixedImageFormat.Jpeg, JpegQuality = 50 }; const double maxPageDimension = 1584; var pagesStream = renderer.SavePdfAsImages(pdfStream, pdfReadOptions); var builder = new DocumentBuilder(); for (var i = 0; i < pagesStream.Count; ++i) { // Set maximum page size to avoid the current page image scaling. var pageSetup = builder.PageSetup; SetPageSize(pageSetup, maxPageDimension, maxPageDimension); var pageImage = builder.InsertImage(pagesStream[i]); SetPageSize(pageSetup, pageImage.Width, pageImage.Height); pageSetup.TopMargin = 0; pageSetup.LeftMargin = 0; pageSetup.BottomMargin = 0; pageSetup.RightMargin = 0; if (i != pagesStream.Count - 1) builder.InsertBreak(BreakType.SectionBreakNewPage); } var saveOptions = new PdfSaveOptions { CacheBackgroundGraphics = true }; builder.Document.Save("Output.docx", saveOptions); private void SetPageSize(PageSetup pageSetup, double width, double height) { pageSetup.PageWidth = width; pageSetup.PageHeight = height; }
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How to compress a file C#: Word, PDF, GIF, ZIP

  1. Install Aspose.Words for .NET.
  2. Add a library reference (import the library) to your C# project.
  3. Open the source file in C#.
  4. Compress documents and images without losing quality.
  5. Call the Document.Cleanup() method. The resulting code may vary depending on the input/output file formats.
  6. Get the result as a compressed file.

C# library to optimize and compress files

There are three alternative options to install "Aspose.Words for .NET" onto your system. Please choose one that resembles your needs and follow the step-by-step instructions:

System Requirements

Our product is fully cross-platform and supports all major .NET implementations:

  • .NET ≥ 5.0
  • .NET Core ≥ 2.0
  • .NET Standard ≥ 2.0
  • .NET Framework ≥ 3.5
  • MonoMac
  • MonoAndroid
  • Xamarin

As far as .NET code doesn't depend on the underlying hardware or operating system, but only on a Virtual Machine, you are free to develop any kind of software for Windows, macOS, Android, iOS and Linux. Just make sure you have installed the corresponding version of .NET Framework, .NET Core, Windows Azure, Mono or Xamarin.

We recommend using Microsoft Visual Studio, Xamarin, and MonoDevelop integrated development environments to create C#, F#, VB.NET applications.

Fore more details please refer to Product Documentation.

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