Enhanced PDF Conversion with OfficeToPDF Version 1.7

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Today we released version 1.7 of our OfficeToPDF open source project for PDF conversion. You can read more about the project here on this website and download the latest version from our CodePlex page.

Updates available in release 1.7:

  • IF fields are properly updated prior to PDF creation
  • Additional file type supported: vdx, vdw, emf, emz, dwg, dxf, wmf
  • Improve support when converting protected documents
  • Perform case-insensitive extension matching when converting with Outlook
  • Improve support for Office 2003 documents
  • Adds the /excel_worksheet option to convert a specific worksheet
  • Fixes an issue with header/footer spacing
  • Fixes an issue with international versions of Office
  • New call-to-action

Tags: Open Source Software, Document Management and Control

Paul Walsh

Written by Paul Walsh

Paul Walsh was one of the founders of Cognidox. After a period as an academic working in user experience (UX) research, Paul started a 25-year career in software development. He's worked for multinational telecom companies (Nortel), two $1B Cambridge companies (Ionica, Virata), and co-founded a couple of startup companies. His experience includes network management software, embedded software on silicon, enterprise software, and cloud computing.

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