# Word for WinForms Overview

## Content



**ComponentOne Studio** introduces **Word for WinForms** with rich API to create Word documents with advanced features. **Word** component creates, reads, writes Word documents with Microsoft Word Open XML format (\*.docx) and RTF Documents with Rich Text format (\*.rtf) extension.

**Word** component uses C1.C1Word.C1WordDocument class, which provides all advanced properties and methods required to generate both Microsoft Word and RTF Documents. The documents generated using Word component can be easily stored in file system and exported in standard Microsoft Word document format.