This article will provide you with the stepwise process of how to convert Outlook email to Word in C# and a sample application to demonstrate the working of the C# Email to Word conversion. This manual is platform-independent and can be followed on any of the popular operating systems such as Windows, macOS, and Linux without setting up any additional tools. Here are the key steps along with a sample code snippet for converting EML to DOCX using C#.

Steps to Convert Outlook Email to Word in C#

1. Install GroupDocs.Conversion for .NET package from the NuGet package manager in the .NET application to convert Outlook email to Word
2. Add a reference to the GroupDocs.Conversion namespace for developing the Outlook email to Word conversion
3. Instantiate the Converter class for loading the input EML file from the disk for transforming to Word format
4. Create and set convert options for the Word document
5. Call the Convert method of the Converter class to save EML as DOCX on the disk

We have listed all the essential steps for creating the functionality to convert Outlook email to Word document using C#. As you can see that this workflow is straightforward and simple to use by following it in exact order. The first two steps explain how to set up the package from NuGet and include the essential namespaces. The next two steps define the process of how to load the input file using the Converter class and set convert options for the output file using the WordProcessingConvertOptions object. The last step guides you on how to save the converted file on the disk.

Code to Convert Outlook Email to Word in C#

The convert EML to Word C# conversion application is developed by consuming the workflow described in the earlier section. The sample code snippet shows how to provide the license, input files, and store the converted file. As you can see that the application is created by consuming a few API calls of the document conversion package and it performs basic document transformation. However, you can further optimize this code as per your specific requirements by defining various parameters to customize the converted Word file using the WordProcessingConvertOptions object.

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