Convert to PDF with advanced options

GroupDocs.Conversion provides PdfConvertOptions to give you control over conversion result when convert to PDF. Along with common convert options PdfConvertOptions has the following additional options:

Format - desired result document type. Available options are: Pdf, Epub, Xps, Tex, Ps, Pcl
Width - desired image width after conversion
Height - desired image height after conversion
Dpi - desired page DPI after conversion
Password - if set the converted document will be protected with specified password
MarginTop - desired page top margin after conversion
MarginBottom - desired page bottom margin after conversion
MarginLeft - desired page left margin after conversion
MarginRight - desired page right margin after conversion
PdfOptions - PDF specific convert options
Rotate - page rotation. Available options are: None, On90, On180, On270

Following code snippet shows how to convert to PDF with advanced options.

using (Converter converter = new Converter("sample.docx"))
{
    PdfConvertOptions options = new PdfConvertOptions
    {
        PageNumber = 2,
        PagesCount = 1,
        Rotate = Rotation.On180,
        Dpi = 300,
        Width = 1024,
        Height = 768
    };
    converter.Convert("converted.pdf", options);
}

PdfOptions

PdfOptions class provides specific options when converting document to different versions of PDF format.

PdfFormat - sets pdf format of the converted document. Available options are: Default, PdfA_1A, PdfA_1B, PdfA_2A, PdfA_3A, PdfA2B, PdfA_2U, PdfA_3B, PdfA_3U, v1_3, v1_4, v1_5, v1_6, v1_7, PdfX_1A, PdfX_3
RemovePdfACompliance - removes Pdf-A compliance
Zoom - specifies the zoom level in percentage
Linearize - linearizes PDF document for web
Grayscale - convert to grayscale PDF
OptimizationOptions - PDF optimization options
FormattingOptions - PDF formatting options

PdfOptimizationOptions

PdfOptimizationOptions class allows to specify options for adjusting PDF conversion process and improve its speed.

LinkDuplicateStreams - link duplicate streams
RemoveUnusedObjects - remove unused objects
CompressImages - if set to true, all images in the document are re-compressed. The amount of compression and image quality are defined by the ImageQuality
ImageQuality - value in percent where 100% is unchanged quality and image size. To decrease the image size set this property to less than 100
UnembedFonts - make fonts not embedded

PdfFormattingOptions

PdfFormattingOptions class provides different options to change PDF document look.

CenterWindow - specifies whether position of the document’s window will be centered on the screen
Direction - sets reading order of text: L2R (left to right) or R2L (right to left). Available options are: L2R, R2L
DisplayDocTitle - specifies whether document’s window title bar should display document title
FitWindow - specifies whether document window must be resized to fit the first displayed page
HideMenuBar - specifies whether menu bar should be hidden when document is active
HideToolBar - specifies whether toolbar should be hidden when document is active
HideWindowUI - specifies whether user interface elements should be hidden when document is active
NonFullScreenPageMode - specifying how to display the document on exiting full-screen mode. Available options are: UseNone, UseOutlines, UseThumbs, FullScreen, UseOC, UseAttachments
PageLayout - sets page layout which shall be used when the document is opened. Available options are: Default, SinglePage, OneColumn, TwoColumnLeft, TwoColumnRight, TwoPagesLeft, TwoPagesRight
PageMode - specifying how document should be displayed when opened. Available options are: UseNone, UseOutlines, UseThumbs, FullScreen, UseOC, UseAttachments

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GitHub Examples

You may easily run the code above and see the feature in action in our GitHub examples:

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