# Reading and Writing Docx Files

## Content

**Word** component allows reading and writing word document with Microsoft Word Open XML format (\*.docx) extension. You can use the Load method to read a document and [Save](/componentone/api/win/online-wordlibrary/dotnet-framework-api/C1.C1Word.4.8/C1.C1Word.C1WordDocument.Save.html) method to write a document as illustrated in the following code:

```vbnet
' load Word/RTF document
Dim C1Word As New C1WordDocument()
C1Word.Load(dlg.FileName)
' save Word (docx) document
C1Word.Save("sample.docx")
```

```csharp
// load Word/RTF document
C1WordDocument C1Word = new C1WordDocument();
C1Word.Load(dlg.FileName);
// save Word (docx) document
C1Word.Save("sample.docx");
```