> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.apryse.com/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://docs.apryse.com/core/ms-office/office.md).

# Convert & view MS Office files (Word, Excel & PowerPoint) with Server/Desktop

Convert MS Office files to PDF and vice versa without third-party tools. Learn how to optimize document conversion with Apryse and various programming languages. Create PDFs from Microsoft Office file

Direct Microsoft Office Conversion enables apps to directly convert MS Word, PowerPoint, and Excel to PDF and other formats without using Microsoft Office. With Apryse SDK, developers can embed high-quality and fast Microsoft Office conversion in just a few lines of code.

Apryse SDK offers dependency-free Microsoft Office conversion with the following benefits:

* Direct conversion of MS Office (Word, PowerPoint, and Excel) to PDF and other formats on any platform without using Microsoft Office or any other dependency.
* Seamless viewing and annotation of Office documents on any platform (Web, Android, iOS, Windows, Linux, Mac) without any server side dependencies.
* Reliable and scalable server side conversion from MS Word, PowerPoint, and Excel to PDF, image, text, XPS, SVG, HTML, and other formats.
* Developed from the ground-up by Apryse to offer high-quality conversion that maintains the original document fidelity and preserves vector graphics, text, hyperlinks, colors and fonts.

## Get started

[Open MS Office file](/uwp/ms-office/open-office.md) To open an MS Office document.

[Convert MS Office file to PDF](/core/conversion/convert-office.md) To convert an MS office file to a PDF document without any external third party dependencies.

[Convert PDF to MS Office file](/core/conversion/convert-to-office.md) To convert an MS office file to a PDF document without any external third party dependencies.

## Related blogs

[PDF to Office Document Conversion using Apryse and C# on .NET Core – Building a Sample from Scratch](https://apryse.com/blog/conversion/pdf-to-office-conversion-with-csharp-and-net-core) - 12/20/23

Convert Office Documents to PDF Without Installing Office - in:

* [Use C# to Convert Office Documents to PDF on a Server Without Installing Office](https://apryse.com/blog/ms-office-sdk/office-doc-to-pdf-conversion-in-browser-using-c-sharp-without-office-installation) - 12/28/23
* [Use C++ to Convert Office Documents to PDF on a Server Without Installing Office](https://apryse.com/blog/ms-office-sdk/office-document-to-pdf-conversion-on-server-cpp) - 9/21/23

Generating Documents and Reports from DOCX Templates and JSON using Apryse - in:

* [Java - Documents and Reports from DOCX Templates and JSON](https://apryse.com/blog/document-generation-with-apryse-java) - 11/23/23
* [C# - Documents and Reports from DOCX Templates and JSON](https://apryse.com/blog/efficient-document-generation-apryse-sdk-csharp) - 11/21/23
* [C++ - Documents and Reports from DOCX Templates and JSON](https://apryse.com/blog/document-generation-with-apryse-cpp) - 11/17/23
* [Angular - Documents and Reports from DOCX Templates and JSON](https://apryse.com/blog/ms-office-sdk/document-generation-with-angular) - 11/16/23
* [Ruby - Documents and Reports from DOCX Templates and JSON](https://apryse.com/blog/docx-generation-from-templates-ruby) - 11/1/23
* [React - Documents and Reports from DOCX Templates and JSON](https://apryse.com/blog/docx-generation-from-templates-react) - 10/27/23
* [Python - Documents and Reports from DOCX Templates and JSON](https://apryse.com/blog/docx-template-document-generation-using-python) - 10/19/2023

[How to Create PDFs from Microsoft Office Documents using Go Language](https://apryse.com/blog/go/how-to-convert-docx-to-pdf-golang) - 11/23/2021


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