# Document Editor

> Tutorials for the TextControl editor in Windows Forms: a first .NET and .NET Framework app, toolbars or a ribbon with sidebars, loading and saving.

- **Product:** TX Text Control .NET for Windows Forms
- **Section:** Documentation
- **Kind:** Topic
- **Path:** TX Text Control .NET for Windows Forms > Getting Started > Document Editor
- **633 words**
- **Web URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/getting-started/document-editor/
- **LLMs URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/getting-started/document-editor/llms.txt
- **LLMs-Full URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/getting-started/document-editor/llms-full.txt

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The fastest way to see TX Text Control .NET for Windows Forms at work is to put its editor on a form. Five tutorials take you from an empty Visual Studio project to a word processor with a ribbon or classic toolbars, sidebars, and commands that open and save documents. Three of them build on the project of the first.

### Choose a Tutorial

| Tutorial | You build | Done in |
|---|---|---|
| [Create Your First Windows Forms Application](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/getting-started/document-editor/first-application/llms-full.txt) | A .NET project with the NuGet package, the editor, a ribbon, rulers and a status bar | Designer, one short code step |
| [Create a .NET Framework Application](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/getting-started/document-editor/dotnet-framework/llms-full.txt) | The same editor in a .NET Framework 4.8 project | Designer |
| [Add Rulers, Toolbars, and a Status Bar](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/getting-started/document-editor/rulers-toolbars/llms-full.txt) | A classic editor with a button bar instead of a ribbon, and its settings | Designer and code |
| [Create a Ribbon Application with Sidebar Support](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/getting-started/document-editor/ribbon-sidebar/llms-full.txt) | A ribbon application with a Styles sidebar, a RibbonForm and a Table Tools tab | Designer and code |
| [Load and Save Documents](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/getting-started/document-editor/load-save/llms-full.txt) | New, Open, Save and Save As with a prompt for unsaved changes | Code |

### Where to Start

1. Start with [Create Your First Windows Forms Application](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/getting-started/document-editor/first-application/llms-full.txt), or with [Create a .NET Framework Application](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/getting-started/document-editor/dotnet-framework/llms-full.txt) if your application runs on the .NET Framework.
2. Decide on the user interface: a ribbon with sidebars, as in [Create a Ribbon Application with Sidebar Support](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/getting-started/document-editor/ribbon-sidebar/llms-full.txt), or a button bar, as in [Add Rulers, Toolbars, and a Status Bar](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/getting-started/document-editor/rulers-toolbars/llms-full.txt).
3. Add [Load and Save Documents](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/getting-started/document-editor/load-save/llms-full.txt), so that users can work with their files.

Before you start, install the setup of TX Text Control .NET for Windows Forms on your development machine. It provides the NuGet package source, the toolbox tab and the designers. See [Installing the Product](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/installation/setup/llms-full.txt).

### After These Tutorials

- [Document Processing](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/getting-started/document-processing/llms-full.txt): build, convert and print documents in code.
- [Mail Merge](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/getting-started/mail-merge/llms-full.txt): fill templates with data.
- [Document Editor](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/document-editor/llms-full.txt): every feature of the editor in detail.
- [TextControl](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/overview/components/textcontrol/llms-full.txt): the properties, methods and events of the editor.

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## In This Section

- [Create a .NET Framework Application](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/getting-started/document-editor/dotnet-framework/llms-full.txt): Build a word processor in a Windows Forms App (.NET Framework) project with TX Text Control: the toolbox of the setup, the smart tag and licenses.licx.
- [Create Your First Windows Forms Application](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/getting-started/document-editor/first-application/llms-full.txt): Create a .NET Windows Forms app, install TXTextControl.TextControl.WinForms.SDK, and build a word processor with a ribbon, rulers and a status bar.
- [Load and Save Documents](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/getting-started/document-editor/load-save/llms-full.txt): Give a Windows Forms editor New, Open, Save and Save As buttons: the built-in dialog boxes, byte arrays, document properties and a prompt for unsaved changes.
- [Create a Ribbon Application With Sidebar Support](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/getting-started/document-editor/ribbon-sidebar/llms-full.txt): Build a word processor with a ribbon and a Styles sidebar, open sidebars from ribbon buttons, convert the form to a RibbonForm and add a Table Tools tab.
- [Add Rulers, Toolbars, and a Status Bar](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/getting-started/document-editor/rulers-toolbars/llms-full.txt): Add a ButtonBar, two RulerBars and a StatusBar to a Windows Forms TextControl with the smart tag or in code, and set ButtonPositions and ShowZoomTrackBar.

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## Nearby

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