# Getting Started > Go from an empty Visual Studio project to a Windows Forms word processor, then build, merge, print and save documents as PDF in code with TX Text Control. - **Product:** TX Text Control .NET for Windows Forms - **Section:** Documentation - **Kind:** Topic - **Path:** TX Text Control .NET for Windows Forms > Getting Started - **688 words** - **Web URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/getting-started/ - **LLMs URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/getting-started/llms.txt - **LLMs-Full URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/getting-started/llms-full.txt --- Getting Started takes you from an empty Visual Studio project to a Windows Forms application with a working word processor, and from there to documents that your code builds, merges, prints and saves as PDF. Every tutorial is a short set of steps with code that compiles, and none of them expects you to know TX Text Control already. ### Before You Begin Every tutorial assumes the following setup: - **The setup on your development machine.** Install the full or the trial version of TX Text Control .NET for Windows Forms 34.0. It provides the Visual Studio designers, the toolbox tab and the local package source **Text Control Offline Packages**. See [Installing the Product](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/installation/setup/llms-full.txt). - **Visual Studio and .NET.** The tutorials use Visual Studio with .NET 8 or higher, for example .NET 10, and C#. One tutorial shows a .NET Framework 4.8 project. See [System Requirements](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/installation/requirements/llms-full.txt). - **An edition with the features you try.** The ribbon, mail merge and PDF are part of the Professional and Enterprise editions, and PDF/A and form fields of the Enterprise edition. See [Editions and Feature Availability](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/overview/editions/llms-full.txt). ### Choose Where to Start | If you want to | Start with | |---|---| | Put a word processor on a form, with a ribbon or toolbars | [Document Editor](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/getting-started/document-editor/llms-full.txt) | | Build, convert, save or print documents in code | [Document Processing](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/getting-started/document-processing/llms-full.txt) | | Fill templates with data, such as invoices and letters | [Mail Merge](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/getting-started/mail-merge/llms-full.txt) | | Create PDF documents, PDF forms and signed PDFs | [PDF Processing](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/getting-started/pdf/llms-full.txt) | All sections start from the application of [Create Your First Windows Forms Application](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/getting-started/document-editor/first-application/llms-full.txt), so begin there if you are new to TX Text Control. ### The Tutorials - [Document Editor](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/getting-started/document-editor/llms-full.txt): a first .NET and .NET Framework application, a button bar or a ribbon with sidebars, and loading and saving documents. - [Document Processing](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/getting-started/document-processing/llms-full.txt): build a document with `ServerTextControl`, save it as DOCX and PDF, and print it. - [Mail Merge](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/getting-started/mail-merge/llms-full.txt): design an invoice template, merge JSON data into its fields and repeat rows with merge blocks. - [PDF Processing](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/getting-started/pdf/llms-full.txt): PDF with document properties and passwords, PDF forms and digital signatures. ### After Getting Started - [Overview](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/overview/llms-full.txt): what the controls and components are and how they work together. - [Document Editor](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/document-editor/llms-full.txt), [Document Processing](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/document-processing/llms-full.txt) and [Mail Merge and Reporting](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/mail-merge/llms-full.txt): every feature in detail. - [Deployment Guide](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/deployment/llms-full.txt): ship your application to your users. --- ## In This Section - [Document Editor](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/getting-started/document-editor/llms-full.txt): Tutorials for the TextControl editor in Windows Forms: a first .NET and .NET Framework app, toolbars or a ribbon with sidebars, loading and saving. - [Document Processing](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/getting-started/document-processing/llms-full.txt): Three Windows Forms tutorials in code: a report built with ServerTextControl, DOCX, PDF and PDF/A output, and printing with a dialog, a preview or none. - [Mail Merge](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/getting-started/mail-merge/llms-full.txt): Mail merge in a Windows Forms ribbon app, from template to PDF: insert fields with RibbonReportingTab, merge invoice.json with MailMerge, add merge blocks. - [PDF Processing](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/getting-started/pdf/llms-full.txt): Three Windows Forms tutorials on PDF: document properties and passwords, PDF/A for archiving, fillable PDF forms and PDF files signed with a certificate. --- ## Nearby - **Previous:** [Migrating From ActiveX](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/installation/upgrading/activex/llms-full.txt) - **Next:** [Document Editor](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/getting-started/document-editor/llms-full.txt)