Walk through creating a complete Word document with headings, formatted text, and a table.

1. Set up 

require 'uniword'

2. Create the document 

doc = Uniword::Document.new

3. Add a title and author 

doc.core_properties.title = "Quarterly Report"
doc.core_properties.creator = "Jane Smith"

4. Add a heading 

heading = Uniword::Paragraph.new
heading.style = "Heading1"
heading.add_text("Quarterly Report")
doc.add_element(heading)

5. Add a paragraph with mixed formatting 

intro = Uniword::Paragraph.new
intro.add_text("This report covers ", size: 22)
intro.add_text("Q4 2025", bold: true, size: 22)
intro.add_text(" results for the engineering team.", size: 22)
doc.add_element(intro)

6. Add a sub-heading and body text 

sub = Uniword::Paragraph.new
sub.style = "Heading2"
sub.add_text("Key Metrics")
doc.add_element(sub)

body = Uniword::Paragraph.new
body.add_text("Revenue grew ")
body.add_text("23%", bold: true, color: "008000")
body.add_text(" year over year, driven by strong enterprise adoption.")
doc.add_element(body)

7. Add a table 

table = Uniword::Table.new(rows: 3, cols: 2)
table.cell(0, 0).add_text("Metric", bold: true)
table.cell(0, 1).add_text("Value", bold: true)
table.cell(1, 0).add_text("Revenue")
table.cell(1, 1).add_text("$4.2M")
table.cell(2, 0).add_text("Customers")
table.cell(2, 1).add_text("1,240")
doc.add_element(table)

8. Save the document 

doc.save("quarterly_report.docx")

Open quarterly_report.docx in Word or LibreOffice to see the result.

9. Complete script

Here is the full script in one piece:

require 'uniword'

doc = Uniword::Document.new
doc.core_properties.title = "Quarterly Report"
doc.core_properties.creator = "Jane Smith"

heading = Uniword::Paragraph.new
heading.style = "Heading1"
heading.add_text("Quarterly Report")
doc.add_element(heading)

intro = Uniword::Paragraph.new
intro.add_text("This report covers ", size: 22)
intro.add_text("Q4 2025", bold: true, size: 22)
intro.add_text(" results for the engineering team.", size: 22)
doc.add_element(intro)

sub = Uniword::Paragraph.new
sub.style = "Heading2"
sub.add_text("Key Metrics")
doc.add_element(sub)

body = Uniword::Paragraph.new
body.add_text("Revenue grew ")
body.add_text("23%", bold: true, color: "008000")
body.add_text(" year over year, driven by strong enterprise adoption.")
doc.add_element(body)

table = Uniword::Table.new(rows: 3, cols: 2)
table.cell(0, 0).add_text("Metric", bold: true)
table.cell(0, 1).add_text("Value", bold: true)
table.cell(1, 0).add_text("Revenue")
table.cell(1, 1).add_text("$4.2M")
table.cell(2, 0).add_text("Customers")
table.cell(2, 1).add_text("1,240")
doc.add_element(table)

doc.save("quarterly_report.docx")
puts "Saved quarterly_report.docx"

10. What’s next?

  • Text Formatting — All formatting options.

  • Tables — Advanced table features.

  • Themes — Apply visual themes to your documents.