# 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
- **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

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## On This Page

- [Before You Begin](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/getting-started/#before-you-begin)
- [Choose Where to Start](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/getting-started/#choose-where-to-start)
- [The Tutorials](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/getting-started/#the-tutorials)
- [After Getting Started](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/getting-started/#after-getting-started)

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## In This Section

- [Document Editor](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/getting-started/document-editor/llms.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.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.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.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.

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## Nearby

- **Previous:** [Migrating From ActiveX](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/installation/upgrading/activex/llms.txt)
- **Next:** [Document Editor](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/getting-started/document-editor/llms.txt)