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title: "Add Table to Word Document"
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## Purpose Summary

This page outlines how to create and populate tables in a Word document using Aspose.Words.

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On this page we will look at how to add a table to a document in a Word format using Aspose.Words or Open XML SDK.

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In Aspose.Words a table is normally inserted using [DocumentBuilder](https://reference.aspose.com/words/net/aspose.words/documentbuilder/). Use its methods to build a table and insert content into table cells, for example, the following:

- [StartTable](https://reference.aspose.com/words/net/aspose.words/documentbuilder/starttable/)
- [InsertCell](https://reference.aspose.com/words/net/aspose.words/documentbuilder/insertcell/)
- [EndRow](https://reference.aspose.com/words/net/aspose.words/documentbuilder/endrow/)
- [EndTable](https://reference.aspose.com/words/net/aspose.words/documentbuilder/endtable/)
- [Write](https://reference.aspose.com/words/net/aspose.words/documentbuilder/write/)

The following code example shows how to add a table to a document:

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The basic structure of a **WordProcessingML** document consists of document and body elements, followed by one or more block-level elements, such as paragraphs. A paragraph contains one or more run elements, which is a region of text with a common set of properties, such as formatting. A run contains one or more table elements. A table element contains a range of text.

The following code example shows how to add a table to a document:

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You can download the sample file of this example from [Aspose.Words GitHub](https://github.com/aspose-words/Aspose.Words-for-.NET/tree/master/Plugins/Aspose.Words%20Vs%20OpenXML%20Words/Aspose.Words%20VS%20OpenXML).

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For more information about Aspose.Words features please visit [Working with Tables](/words/net/working-with-tables/).

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