How to: Add XMLNode controls to Word documents
Applies to: 
Visual Studio 
Visual Studio for Mac
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Applies to: The information in this topic applies to document-level projects for Word. For more information, see Features available by Office application and project type.
When you map a non-repeating XML schema element to a Microsoft Office Word document, Visual Studio automatically adds an XMLNode control to your document. For information about mapping repeating XML schema elements, see How to: Add XMLNodes controls to Word documents.
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The XMLNode control is not available from the Toolbox or the Data Sources window, and it cannot be created programmatically.
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To add an XMLNode control to a document
In the document in the Visual Studio designer, on the ribbon, click the Developer tab.
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If the Developer tab is not visible, you must first show it. For more information, see How to: Show the developer tab on the ribbon.
In the XML group, click Schema.
The Templates and Add-ins dialog box opens.
Click the XML Schema tab.
Click Add Schema.
The Add Schema dialog box opens.
Select an XML schema that contains non-repeating schema elements from the Add Schema dialog box and click Open.
The Schema Settings dialog box appears.
Assign an alias or click OK to add the schema without an alias.
The schema is added to the Add Schema dialog box.
In the Add Schema dialog box, click OK.
The XML Structure task pane opens.
Click the non-repeating schema element on the XML Structure task pane to add it to the document.
An XMLNode control is created and added to the project.