Load PDF document with options

GroupDocs.Conversion provides PdfLoadOptions to give you control over how source PDF document will be processed. The following options could be set:

• Format - the document type is auto detected during loading, however you can specify explicitly the type of the source document. Available options are: Pdf, Epub, Xps, Tex, Ps, Pcl
• RemoveEmbeddedFiles - specifies to remove embedded files from source document during conversion
• Password - password to unlock protected document
• HidePdfAnnotations -  specifies that annotations in the source document must be hidden
• FlattenAllFields - specifies that all fields in the source document will be flatten during conversion

Flatten all fields

The following code sample shows how to convert PDF document and flatten all fields:

Contracts.Func<LoadOptions> getLoadOptions = () => new PdfLoadOptions
{
    FlattenAllFields = true
};
using (Converter converter = new Converter("sample.pdf", getLoadOptions))
{
    WordProcessingConvertOptions options = new WordProcessingConvertOptions();
    converter.Convert("converted.docx", options);
}

Hide annotations

The following code sample shows how to convert PDF document and hide annotations:

Contracts.Func<LoadOptions> getLoadOptions = () => new PdfLoadOptions
{
    HidePdfAnnotations = true
};
using (Converter converter = new Converter("sample.pdf", getLoadOptions))
{
    WordProcessingConvertOptions options = new WordProcessingConvertOptions();
    converter.Convert("converted.docx", options);
}

Remove embedded files

The following code sample shows how to convert PDF document and remove embedded files:

Contracts.Func<LoadOptions> getLoadOptions = () => new PdfLoadOptions
{
    RemoveEmbeddedFiles = true
};
using (Converter converter = new Converter("sample.pdf", getLoadOptions))
{
    WordProcessingConvertOptions options = new WordProcessingConvertOptions();
    converter.Convert("converted.docx", options);
}

More resources

GitHub Examples

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

• GroupDocs.Conversion for .NET examples, plugins, and showcase
• GroupDocs.Conversion for Java examples, plugins, and showcase
• Document Conversion for .NET MVC UI Example
• Document Conversion for .NET App WebForms UI Modern Example
• Document Conversion for Java App Dropwizard UI Modern Example
• Document Conversion for Java Spring UI Example

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