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Convert PDF to MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) on Server/Desktop

Convert PDFs to MS Office (DOCX, XLSX, PPTX) without any external third party dependencies. PDF to Word, PDF to Excel, PDF to PowerPoint are all provided with support for C#, Python, C++, Java, PHP, Ruby, Go; on Windows, Linux and Mac.

The Structured Output module is an optional add-on

Only available on Desktop and Server (Windows, Linux, or Mac) You can find more details about how to install the Structured Output module here .

Setup

Download the Structured Output Module that allows PDF to Office conversion.
Place it in the directory of your project, in a folder called lib and then reference it in the below sample.

Convert PDF to Word

This sample demonstrates how to convert from a PDF to DOCX file.

1Convert.WordOutputOptions wordOutputOptions = new Convert.WordOutputOptions();
2// Optionally convert only the first page
3wordOutputOptions.SetPages(1, 1);
4// Requires the Structured Output module
5Convert.ToWord(filename, output_filename, wordOutputOptions);

1Convert::WordOutputOptions wordOutputOptions;
2// Optionally convert only the first page
3wordOutputOptions.SetPages(1, 1);
4// Requires the Structured Output module
5Convert::ToWord(filename, output_filename, wordOutputOptions);

1wordOutputOptions := NewWordOutputOptions()
2// Optionally convert only the first page
3wordOutputOptions.SetPages(1, 1)
4// Requires the Structured Output module
5ConvertToWord(filename, output_filename, wordOutputOptions)

1Convert.WordOutputOptions wordOutputOptions = new Convert.WordOutputOptions();
2// Optionally convert only the first page
3wordOutputOptions.setPages(1, 1);
4// Requires the Structured Output module
5Convert.toWord(filename, output_filename, wordOutputOptions);

1const { PDFNet } = require('@pdftron/pdfnet-node');
2async function main() {
3  await PDFNet.addResourceSearchPath('./lib/');
4  // check if the module is available
5  if (!(await PDFNet.StructuredOutputModule.isModuleAvailable())) {
6    return;
7  }
8  await PDFNet.Convert.fileToWord('./input.pdf', 'output.docx');
9}
10PDFNet.runWithCleanup(main, 'YOUR_LICENSE_KEY');

1$wordOutputOptions = new WordOutputOptions();
2// Optionally convert only the first page
3$wordOutputOptions->SetPages(1, 1);
4// Requires the Structured Output module
5Convert::ToWord($filename, $output_filename, wordOutputOptions);

1wordOutputOptions = WordOutputOptions()
2# Optionally convert only the first page
3wordOutputOptions.SetPages(1, 1)
4# Requires the Structured Output module
5Convert.ToWord(filename, output_filename, wordOutputOptions)

1$wordOutputOptions = Convert::WordOutputOptions.new()
2# Optionally convert only the first page
3$wordOutputOptions.SetPages(1, 1);
4# Requires the Structured Output module
5Convert.toWord(filename, output_filename, $wordOutputOptions)

1Dim wordOutputOptions As pdftron.PDF.Convert.WordOutputOptions = New pdftron.PDF.Convert.WordOutputOptions()
2' Optionally convert only the first page
3wordOutputOptions.SetPages(1, 1)
4' Requires the Structured Output module
5Convert.ToWord(filename, output_filename, wordOutputOptions)

Convert PDF to PowerPoint

This sample demonstrates how to convert from a PDF to PPTX file.

1Convert.PowerPointOutputOptions powerPointOutputOptions = new Convert.PowerPointOutputOptions();
2// Optionally convert only the first page
3powerPointOutputOptions.SetPages(1, 1);
4// Requires the Structured Output module
5Convert.ToPowerPoint(filename, output_filename, powerPointOutputOptions);

1Convert::PowerPointOutputOptions powerPointOutputOptions;
2// Optionally convert only the first page
3powerPointOutputOptions.SetPages(1, 1);
4// Requires the Structured Output module
5Convert::ToPowerPoint(filename, output_filename, powerPointOutputOptions);

1powerPointOutputOptions := NewPowerPointOutputOptions()
2// Optionally convert only the first page
3powerPointOutputOptions.SetPages(1, 1)
4// Requires the Structured Output module
5ConvertToPowerPoint(filename, output_filename, powerPointOutputOptions)

1Convert.PowerPointOutputOptions powerPointOutputOptions = new Convert.PowerPointOutputOptions();
2// Optionally convert only the first page
3powerPointOutputOptions.setPages(1, 1);
4// Requires the Structured Output module
5Convert.toPowerPoint(filename, output_filename, powerPointOutputOptions);

1const { PDFNet } = require('@pdftron/pdfnet-node');
2async function main() {
3  await PDFNet.addResourceSearchPath('./lib/');
4  // check if the module is available
5  if (!(await PDFNet.StructuredOutputModule.isModuleAvailable())) {
6    return;
7  }
8  await PDFNet.Convert.fileToPowerPoint('./input.pdf', 'output.pptx');
9}
10PDFNet.runWithCleanup(main, 'YOUR_LICENSE_KEY');

1$powerPointOutputOptions = new PowerPointOutputOptions();
2// Optionally convert only the first page
3$powerPointOutputOptions->SetPages(1, 1);
4// Requires the Structured Output module
5Convert::ToPowerPoint($filename, $output_filename, powerPointOutputOptions);

1powerPointOutputOptions = PowerPointOutputOptions()
2# Optionally convert only the first page
3powerPointOutputOptions.SetPages(1, 1)
4# Requires the Structured Output module
5Convert.ToPowerPoint(filename, output_filename, powerPointOutputOptions)

1$powerPointOutputOptions = Convert::PowerPointOutputOptions.new()
2# Optionally convert only the first page
3$powerPointOutputOptions.SetPages(1, 1);
4# Requires the Structured Output module
5Convert.toPowerPoint(filename, output_filename, $powerPointOutputOptions)

1Dim powerPointOutputOptions As pdftron.PDF.Convert.PowerPointOutputOptions = New pdftron.PDF.Convert.PowerPointOutputOptions()
2' Optionally convert only the first page
3powerPointOutputOptions.SetPages(1, 1)
4' Requires the Structured Output module
5Convert.ToPowerPoint(filename, output_filename, powerPointOutputOptions)

Convert PDF to Excel

This sample demonstrates how to convert from a PDF to XLSX file.

1Convert.ExcelOutputOptions excelOutputOptions = new Convert.ExcelOutputOptions();
2// Optionally convert only the first page
3excelOutputOptions.SetPages(1, 1);
4// Requires the Structured Output module
5Convert.ToExcel(filename, output_filename, excelOutputOptions);

1Convert::ExcelOutputOptions excelOutputOptions;
2// Optionally convert only the first page
3excelOutputOptions.SetPages(1, 1);
4// Requires the Structured Output module
5Convert::ToExcel(filename, output_filename, excelOutputOptions);

1excelOutputOptions := NewExcelOutputOptions()
2// Optionally convert only the first page
3excelOutputOptions.SetPages(1, 1)
4// Requires the Structured Output module
5ConvertToExcel(filename, output_filename, excelOutputOptions)

1Convert.ExcelOutputOptions excelOutputOptions = new Convert.ExcelOutputOptions();
2// Optionally convert only the first page
3excelOutputOptions.setPages(1, 1);
4// Requires the Structured Output module
5Convert.toExcel(filename, output_filename, excelOutputOptions);

1const { PDFNet } = require('@pdftron/pdfnet-node');
2async function main() {
3  await PDFNet.addResourceSearchPath('./lib/');
4  // check if the module is available
5  if (!(await PDFNet.StructuredOutputModule.isModuleAvailable())) {
6    return;
7  }
8  await PDFNet.Convert.fileToExcel('./input.pdf', 'output.xlsx');
9}
10PDFNet.runWithCleanup(main, 'YOUR_LICENSE_KEY');

1$excelOutputOptions = new ExcelOutputOptions();
2// Optionally convert only the first page
3$excelOutputOptions->SetPages(1, 1);
4// Requires the Structured Output module
5Convert::ToExcel($filename, $output_filename, excelOutputOptions);

1excelOutputOptions = ExcelOutputOptions()
2# Optionally convert only the first page
3excelOutputOptions.SetPages(1, 1)
4# Requires the Structured Output module
5Convert.ToExcel(filename, output_filename, excelOutputOptions)

1$excelOutputOptions = Convert::ExcelOutputOptions.new()
2# Optionally convert only the first page
3$excelOutputOptions.SetPages(1, 1);
4# Requires the Structured Output module
5Convert.toExcel(filename, output_filename, $excelOutputOptions)

1Dim excelOutputOptions As pdftron.PDF.Convert.ExcelOutputOptions = New pdftron.PDF.Convert.ExcelOutputOptions()
2' Optionally convert only the first page
3excelOutputOptions.SetPages(1, 1)
4' Requires the Structured Output module
5Convert.ToExcel(filename, output_filename, excelOutputOptions)

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Convert PDF files to MS Office
Full sample code which illustrates how to convert PDF to MS Office files (Word, Excel, PowerPoint). Code sample is available in C++, C#, Java, Python, Go, PHP, Ruby & VB.

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