Get title or tag from MS dotx file from a property assigned using MS Word

Hello David,

We added Table Title and Description properties in v24.2 (See What's New in v24.2 → Alt Text for Tables). We encourage you to upgrade to the latest available version as it includes performance enhancements, bug fixes, and new features. To get started, refer to the following help topic: Upgrade Your Application to a New DevExpress Version

If upgrading is not an option, you can use bookmarks to tag tables as a workaround. The idea is to use bookmark names to identify tables and create a mapping. For example:

We first mark each table with its own corresponding bookmark, with names like Table1, Table2, and Table3.

Then, we iterate through the document's bookmarks and tables, checking if their DocumentRange values overlap with one another. If they do, we create a mapping between the table tag (bookmark name) and its corresponding table.

C#
Dictionary<string, Table> tableMap = new Dictionary<string, Table>();
List<Table> tables = document.Tables.ToList();
List<Table> tablesToRemove = new List<Table>();

foreach (Bookmark b in document.Bookmarks) {
    string name = b.Name;           // Bookmark Name
    DocumentRange range = b.Range;  // Bookmark Range (Table Range)

    // Map Bookmark Name to Table if their DocumentRange Overlap
    foreach (Table t in tables) {
        if (range.Start.ToInt() < t.Range.End.ToInt() && t.Range.Start.ToInt() < range.End.ToInt()) {
            tableMap.Add(name, t); 
            tablesToRemove.Add(t);
            break;
        }
    }

    // Remove Mapped Tables
    foreach (var tableToRemove in tablesToRemove)
        tables.Remove(tableToRemove);
    tablesToRemove.Clear(); 
}

tableMap["Table1"].Cell(0, 1).BackgroundColor = Color.Green;
tableMap["Table2"].Cell(0, 1).BackgroundColor = Color.Red;

Please let me know if this helps.

I attached a sample project for you reference.

Regards,
Steven