Converting a PDF document to a word document

[Ahmad Alokush]

Hi everyone.

I am looking for a way to convert PDF documents to Word, while maintaining the same document look and feel(ie: alignment, paragraph indentation, etc, etc).

Is there a way to do it between essential PDF and DocIO?

thanks.

Ahmad

[Dhivya K]

Hi Ahmad,

Thank you for your interest in Essential PDF.

Yes, it is possible to convert PDF document to word document by using Flow model as follows.

1. Create a PDF document in flow model

2. Save it as XML [ DLS Schema ] file
// Save a PDF document as XML.
document.SaveXml( "sample.xml" );

3. Import this XML file using Essential DocIO.
// Open an XML file through Word document object.
WordDoc.OpenXml( "sample.xml" );

4. Save it as a word document file.
// Save word document to disk
WordDoc.Save( "sample.doc" );

Here is a sample for your reference.
PDFToDoc_Conversion.zip
Please take a look into it and let me know if you have any other queries.

Note:- It is not possible to convert an existing PDF template document.

Thanks,
Dhivya.

[oddssatisfy]

Grr, I trying to fill in an application form that is in PDF format how do you convert from PDF to word? Google Docs did not work.

[Gowthamraj Kumar]

Hi oddssatisfy,

Thank you for contacting Syncfusion support.

At present, we do not have direct support for PDF to Word conversion. We have already logged a feature request for converting PDF files to editable Word documents. We do not have any immediate plans to implement this feature. We usually have an interval of at least three months between releases and at the planning stage for every release cycle, we review all open features. We will consider this feature and update the details once it is implemented.      

    

You can track the status of this feature request from the following feedback link,        

https://www.syncfusion.com/feedback/14190/pdf-to-word-conversion

However, as a workaround, we can achieve your requirement by exporting PDF pages as an image then add those images to Word Document using PDF and DocIO library. Please refer to the below KB link for your reference,    

KB: https://www.syncfusion.com/kb/8084/how-to-convert-pdf-document-to-word-document           

Please let us know if you need any further assistance in this.

Regards,

Gowthamraj K

[oddssatisfy]

@Gowthamraj Kumar Hi thank you so much for your response and suggestion

[Gowthamraj Kumar]

Hi oddssatisfy

Thank you for your update and confirmation. We are glad to know that the provided details are helpful.

Please let us know if you need any further assistance in this.

Regards,

Gowthamraj K