OfficeIMO.Word.Pdf 2.0.1

OfficeIMO.Word.Pdf - Word/PDF conversion

OfficeIMO.Word.Pdf exports OfficeIMO.Word documents to PDF through the first-party OfficeIMO.Pdf engine and imports parser-supported PDF logical content into editable Word documents. It is the adapter layer: Word stays responsible for the .docx model, while PDF layout, reading, diagnostics, and writing stay in OfficeIMO.Pdf.

Install

dotnet add package OfficeIMO.Word.Pdf

Quick start

using OfficeIMO.Word;
using OfficeIMO.Word.Pdf;

using var document = WordDocument.Create("report.docx");
document.AddParagraph("PDF export").Style = WordParagraphStyles.Heading1;
document.AddParagraph("This document is exported through OfficeIMO.Pdf.");

document.SaveAsPdf("report.pdf");

Examples

Export with page and metadata options

using OfficeIMO.Pdf;
using OfficeIMO.Word;
using OfficeIMO.Word.Pdf;

using var document = WordDocument.Load("proposal.docx");

var options = new PdfSaveOptions {
    Orientation = PdfPageOrientation.Portrait,
    Margins = PageMargins.UniformCentimeters(1.5),
    Title = "Customer proposal",
    Author = "Evotec",
    IncludePageNumbers = true,
    PageNumberFormat = "Page {current} of {total}"
};

document.SaveAsPdf("proposal.pdf", options);

Export to bytes or streams

using OfficeIMO.Word;
using OfficeIMO.Word.Pdf;

using var document = WordDocument.Load("invoice.docx");

byte[] pdfBytes = document.ToPdf();

using var stream = File.Create("invoice.pdf");
document.SaveAsPdf(stream);

Capture conversion warnings without throwing away the report

using OfficeIMO.Word;
using OfficeIMO.Word.Pdf;

using var document = WordDocument.Load("complex-document.docx");
var options = new PdfSaveOptions {
    DefaultTableBorders = true
};

var result = document.TrySaveAsPdf("complex-document.pdf", options);
if (!result.Succeeded) {
    foreach (string diagnostic in result.Diagnostics) {
        Console.WriteLine(diagnostic);
    }
}

foreach (var warning in result.Warnings) {
    Console.WriteLine($"{warning.Source}: {warning.Message}");
}

Import logical PDF tables into Word

using OfficeIMO.Word.Pdf;

var imported = PdfWordTableConverterExtensions.SaveTablesAsWordDocument(
    "statement.pdf",
    "statement-tables.docx");

foreach (var table in imported) {
    Console.WriteLine($"Page {table.PageNumber}, table {table.TableIndex + 1}");
}

Import semantic PDF content into Word

using OfficeIMO.Pdf;
using OfficeIMO.Word.Pdf;

var options = new PdfWordReadOptions {
    LayoutOptions = new PdfTextLayoutOptions {
        ForceSingleColumn = true
    }
};

var import = File.ReadAllBytes("packet.pdf").ToWordDocumentFromPdfResult(options);
using WordDocument word = import.Value;
byte[] docx = word.ToBytes();

foreach (var warning in import.Warnings) {
    Console.WriteLine($"{warning.Code}: {warning.Message}");
}

The semantic import path preserves document metadata, page breaks, headings, paragraphs, lists, logical tables, safe URI hyperlinks, supported internal destination links, embedded images, form-widget placeholders, and conversion diagnostics when those structures are available in the PDF logical model. It creates an editable Word document; it does not claim fixed-layout page recreation or Microsoft Word rendering parity.

What it exports

• Paragraphs, headings, rich runs, links, bookmarks, page breaks, lists, and common spacing/indentation settings.
• Word sections, page size, orientation, margins, columns, headers, footers, page numbers, and document background color.
• Tables with common Word table styling, repeated headers, cell fills, borders, alignment, merged cells, and rich text in cells.
• Paragraph-aligned images, selected shapes, text boxes, content controls, simple form controls, footnote/endnote markers, and table-of-contents links where supported by the first-party PDF path.
• Per-operation conversion warnings through PdfDocumentConversionResult.Report or PdfSaveResult.Report.

What it imports

• Parser-supported PDF metadata, page breaks, headings, paragraphs, lists, logical tables, safe URI hyperlinks, supported internal destination links, complete image-file payloads with transparency-mask fidelity metadata, supported ImageMask stencil streams, color-key masked simple and Indexed streams, Decode-aware soft-mask-capable simple DeviceGray/DeviceRGB/basic-converted DeviceCMYK streams, basic ICCBased N=1/3/4 streams, and Decode-aware soft-mask-capable Indexed palette PDF image streams into editable .docx content when their filters are supported.
• Image fallback placeholders and form-widget placeholders with diagnostics instead of silently dropping unsupported objects.
• Page-range filtered imports through PdfWordReadOptions.PageRanges.
• Active hyperlink reconstruction for absolute http, https, and mailto URI annotations through PdfWordReadOptions.ImportUriLinks and PdfWordReadOptions.AllowedHyperlinkUriSchemes.
• Internal PDF destination reconstruction through PdfWordReadOptions.ImportInternalLinks, mapping supported page and named destinations to Word bookmarks and anchor hyperlinks.
• Native image embedding through PdfWordReadOptions.ImportImages; complete image files, supported ImageMask stencil streams, color-key masked simple and Indexed streams, Decode-aware soft-mask-capable simple 8-bit DeviceGray/DeviceRGB/basic-converted DeviceCMYK streams, basic ICCBased N=1/3/4 streams, and Decode-aware soft-mask-capable Indexed palette streams are embedded when their filters are supported. Pass-through JPEG image payloads with unresolved PDF transparency masks are embedded with PdfImageTransparencyMaskNotResolved; unsupported complex PDF image streams can still produce editable placeholders through PdfWordReadOptions.IncludeImagePlaceholders.
• Per-operation import warnings through PdfWordConversionResult.Report.

Options and diagnostics

Use PdfSaveOptions when callers need to override page geometry, metadata, page-number behavior, font family, table-border fallback, profile presets, or text fallback policy. TextFallbacks uses the shared PdfTextFallbackFeatures enum; set AllowSystemFontEmbedding = true when Word export may embed installed host fonts for Unicode, symbols, and emoji. Request ToPdfDocumentResult() or TrySaveAsPdf() when diagnostics matter; unsupported Word features should become actionable operation results instead of mutable option state.

Boundaries

• This package does not try to be a full Word renderer with perfect Microsoft Word parity or a fixed-layout PDF-to-DOCX recreation engine.
• PDF-to-Word import is semantic reconstruction over parser-supported logical PDF objects. Complex/unsupported PDF image streams, interactive controls, unresolved destinations, and remote/cross-document PDF navigation actions are not yet reconstructed as native Word objects.
• Unsupported or simplified Word features should surface warnings rather than being hidden in the README as broad claims.
• Reusable PDF layout work belongs in OfficeIMO.Pdf; Word-specific mapping belongs here.
• PowerShell PDF workflows should be exposed through PSWriteOffice.

Related packages

• OfficeIMO.Word - Word document model.
• OfficeIMO.Pdf - PDF creation, reading, and manipulation engine.
• OfficeIMO.Html.Pdf - HTML/PDF bridge built on OfficeIMO converters.

Targets and license

• Targets: netstandard2.0, net8.0, net10.0.
• License: MIT.
• Repository: EvotecIT/OfficeIMO

Dependency footprint

• External: None beyond the dependencies of its OfficeIMO format packages; no browser, native renderer, or commercial PDF SDK.
• OfficeIMO: OfficeIMO.Word, OfficeIMO.Pdf, and OfficeIMO.Drawing own the source model, PDF engine, mapping, and reports.

See the complete OfficeIMO package map for related formats and conversion paths.