Convert Word Document With Form Fields Into Fillable PDF In C#

This repository contains examples that illustrates how to convert Word document with form fields into fillable PDF programmatically in C#. The Syncfusion® .NET Word Library (DocIO) create a fillable PDF from a Word Document with just few lines of code and also it does not require Microsoft Word application to be installed in the machine.

Key Features

Create fillable PDF from Word document - Convert Word documents with form fields into fillable PDFs while preserving the form fields as editable

.NET Word Library

The Syncfusion® DocIO is a .NET Word Library allows you to add advanced Word document processing functionalities to any .NET application and does not require Microsoft Word application to be installed in the machine. It is a non-UI component that provides a full-fledged document instance model similar to the Microsoft Office COM libraries to iterate with the document elements explicitly and perform necessary manipulation.

• Support to create Word document from scratch.
• Support to open (read), modify and save existing Word documents.
• Advanced Mail merge support with different data sources.
• Ability to create or edit Word 97-2003 and later version documents (DOCX), and convert them to commonly used file formats such as RTF, WordML, TXT, HTML and vice versa.
• Ability to export a Word document as an Image and PDF
• Ability to merge and split Word documents.
• Support to compare two DOCX format documents.
• Ability to create and manipulate charts, Shapes, and Group shape in DOCX and WordML format documents.
• Ability to read and write Built-In and Custom Document Properties.
• Ability to find and replace text with its original formatting.
• Ability to insert Bookmarks and navigate corresponding bookmarks to insert, replace, and delete content.
• Support to insert and edit the form fields.
• Support to protect the document to restrict access to the elements present within the document.
• Ability to encrypt and decrypt Word documents.
• Support to insert and extract OLE objects.
• Support to run the DocIO applications in multi-thread and its thread safe.

Compatible Microsoft Word Versions

• Microsoft Word 97-2003
• Microsoft Word 2007
• Microsoft Word 2010
• Microsoft Word 2013
• Microsoft Word 2016
• Microsoft Word 2019
• Microsoft 365

Supported File Formats

• Creates, reads, and edits popular text file formats like DOC, DOT, DOCM, DOTM, DOCX, DOTX, HTML, RTF, TXT, Markdown and XML (WordML).
• Converts Word documents also to PDF, Image, and ODT files.

How to run the examples

• Download this project to a location in your disk.
• Open the solution file using Visual Studio.
• Rebuild the solution to install the required NuGet packages.
• Run the application.

Resources

• Product page: Syncfusion® Word Framework
• Documentation: Protect and unprotect Word document using Syncfusion® Word Library
• Online demo: Syncfusion® Word Library - Online demos
• GitHub Examples: Syncfusion® Word Library examples
• Blog: Syncfusion® Word Library - Blog
• Knowledge Base: Syncfusion® Word Library - Knowledge Base
• Ebooks: Syncfusion® Word Library - Ebooks
• FAQ: Syncfusion® Word Library - FAQ

Support and feedback

For any other queries, reach our Syncfusion® support team or post the queries through the community forums.

Request new feature through Syncfusion® feedback portal.

License

This is a commercial product and requires a paid license for possession or use. Syncfusion's licensed software, including this component, is subject to the terms and conditions of Syncfusion's EULA. You can purchase a licnense here or start a free 30-day trial here.