# Document Processing

> Get started with server-side document processing: use ServerTextControl to create, load, edit and save DOCX and PDF documents without a user interface.

- **Product:** TX Text Control .NET Server
- **Section:** Documentation
- **Kind:** Topic
- **Path:** TX Text Control .NET Server > Getting Started > Document Processing
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- **Web URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/getting-started/document-processing/
- **LLMs URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/getting-started/document-processing/llms.txt
- **LLMs-Full URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/getting-started/document-processing/llms-full.txt

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Creating, converting or changing documents in code, without showing an editor to a user, is the job of the `ServerTextControl` class. The following tutorials introduce server-side document processing with it for .NET developers.

### What ServerTextControl Is

`ServerTextControl` is TX Text Control without a user interface. You create an instance in code, for example in an ASP.NET Core application, a console application or a service, create, load or change a document through its properties and methods, and save the result as DOCX, PDF or another format. [ServerTextControl](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/overview/components/servertextcontrol/llms-full.txt) in the Overview describes what it does, where it runs and its key members.

If your users need to edit or view documents in the browser, use the [Document Editor](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/getting-started/document-editor/llms-full.txt) or the [Document Viewer](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/getting-started/document-viewer/llms-full.txt) instead.

### Pages in This Section

Read the pages in this order. Each one builds on the project from the first page.

1. [Create Your First Application](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/getting-started/document-processing/first-application/llms-full.txt) — choose between Core and Classic, install the NuGet package from the Text Control private NuGet feed, and create your first DOCX and PDF document in a console application.
2. [Load a Document](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/getting-started/document-processing/load/llms-full.txt) — load DOCX, RTF, HTML, PDF and other formats from a file, a byte array or a string, and use `LoadSettings` for Word templates.
3. [Create a Document](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/getting-started/document-processing/create/llms-full.txt) — build a document in code with text, character and paragraph formatting, a table and a header.
4. [Save as DOCX and PDF](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/getting-started/document-processing/save-docx-pdf/llms-full.txt) — save to a file or a byte array, return a PDF from an ASP.NET Core controller, and save HTML or plain text.

After this section, continue with [Mail Merge](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/getting-started/mail-merge/llms-full.txt) to fill templates with data, or with [PDF Processing](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/getting-started/pdf/llms-full.txt) to work with PDF files in more depth.

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## In This Section

- [Create a Document](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/getting-started/document-processing/create/llms-full.txt): Build a document from scratch with ServerTextControl: insert text, apply character and paragraph formatting with Selection, add a table and a header.
- [Create Your First Application](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/getting-started/document-processing/first-application/llms-full.txt): Create a .NET console app with TXTextControl.TextControl.Core.SDK from the private NuGet feed and save your first DOCX and PDF with ServerTextControl.
- [Load a Document](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/getting-started/document-processing/load/llms-full.txt): Load DOCX, RTF, HTML, PDF and other formats into ServerTextControl from a file, a byte array or a string, and use LoadSettings for Word templates.
- [Save as DOCX and PDF](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/getting-started/document-processing/save-docx-pdf/llms-full.txt): Save ServerTextControl documents as DOCX and PDF to a file or byte array, return them from an ASP.NET Core controller, and save HTML or plain text.

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## Nearby

- **Previous:** [Getting Started](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/getting-started/llms-full.txt)
- **Next:** [Create Your First Application](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/getting-started/document-processing/first-application/llms-full.txt)