ES-941962-How to remove previous paragraph of placeholder

Find-and-Replace/Remove_previous_Paragraph_of_PlaceHolder/NET/Remove_previous_Paragraph_of_PlaceHolder.slnx

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+<Solution>
+  <Project Path="Remove_previous_Paragraph_of_PlaceHolder/Remove_previous_Paragraph_of_PlaceHolder.csproj" />
+</Solution>

Find-and-Replace/Remove_previous_Paragraph_of_PlaceHolder/NET/Remove_previous_Paragraph_of_PlaceHolder/Program.cs

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+using Syncfusion.DocIO.DLS;
+using Syncfusion.DocIO;
+using System;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+namespace Remove_previous_Paragraph_of_PlaceHolder
+{
+    internal class Program
+    {
+        static void Main(string[] args)
+        {
+            string documentPath = Path.GetFullPath(@"Data/Template.docx");
+            // Define an array of phrases to remove
+            string[] phrases = {
+            "{Themes and styles also help keep your document coordinated}",
+            "{Reading is easier, too, in the new Reading view}"
+             };
+
+            RemovePhrasesFromWord(documentPath, phrases);
+        }
+        public static void RemovePhrasesFromWord(string documentPath, string[] searchPhrases)
+        {
+            // Load the Word document
+            using (WordDocument document = new WordDocument(documentPath, FormatType.Docx))
+            {
+                foreach (string searchPhrase in searchPhrases) // Iterate through all phrases
+                {
+                    Console.WriteLine($"Processing phrase: {searchPhrase}");
+                    TextSelection[] selections = document.FindAll(searchPhrase, false, false); // Find all occurrences
+
+                    if (selections.Length > 0)
+                    {
+                        List<WParagraph> paragraphsToRemove = new List<WParagraph>();
+
+                        foreach (var selection in selections)
+                        {
+                            WParagraph paragraphContainingPhrase = selection.GetAsOneRange().OwnerParagraph;
+                            //Previous sibling gets previous entity (above paragraphContainingPhrase)
+                            if (paragraphContainingPhrase.PreviousSibling is WParagraph)
+                            {
+                                // Mark the paragraph above for removal
+                                paragraphsToRemove.Add(paragraphContainingPhrase.PreviousSibling as WParagraph);
+                            }
+                            // Mark the paragraph containing the phrase for removal
+                            paragraphsToRemove.Add(paragraphContainingPhrase);
+                        }
+
+                        // Reverse loop to safely remove paragraphs without index shifting issues
+                        for (int i = paragraphsToRemove.Count - 1; i >= 0; i--)
+                        {
+                            WParagraph para = paragraphsToRemove[i];
+                            if (para != null && para.OwnerTextBody != null)
+                            {
+                                para.OwnerTextBody.ChildEntities.Remove(para);
+                            }
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+                // Save the modified document
+                document.Save(Path.GetFullPath(@"../../../Output/output.docx"), FormatType.Docx);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}

Find-and-Replace/Remove_previous_Paragraph_of_PlaceHolder/NET/Remove_previous_Paragraph_of_PlaceHolder/Remove_previous_Paragraph_of_PlaceHolder.csproj

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+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
+    <TargetFramework>net10.0</TargetFramework>
+	<RootNamespace>Remove_previous_Paragraph_of_PlaceHolder</RootNamespace>
+
+  </PropertyGroup>
+
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <PackageReference Include="Syncfusion.DocIO.Net.Core" Version="*" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+  <ItemGroup>
+		<None Update="Data\Template.docx">
+			<CopyToOutputDirectory>Always</CopyToOutputDirectory>
+		</None>
+		<None Update="Output\.gitkeep">
+			<CopyToOutputDirectory>Always</CopyToOutputDirectory>
+		</None>
+  </ItemGroup>
+</Project>