How to Convert Word Document to PDF in Salesforce Apex?

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How to Convert Word Document to PDF in Salesforce Apex?

Posted by Shubham on January 3, 2018 at 12:25 PM
As per my requirement the word document is coming from sharepoint site in apex and I have to upload it to Files in salesforce but in PDF format. Is there a way we can covert a word doc into PDF format through Salesforce apex ?
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Neha replied 8 years, 7 months ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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Neha

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January 4, 2018 at 7:16 AM

Hi Shubham,

You can generate pdf from page for that you have to set rendereas attribute as pdf,

you have word doc as BLOB type?

if it is than you convert blob to string and then take content of string on page and than render content as pdf

this may helps you,

http://www.salesforce.com/us/developer/docs/pages/Content/pages_quick_start_renderas_pdf.htm

http://www.salesforce.com/us/developer/docs/apexcode/Content/apex_methods_system_blob.htm

Thanks,

Neha

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