Any document to PDF

Aspose.PDF Product Family
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Hi,

Is there any easier way to convert any kind of document to PDF?
Like any MS Office document type,TIFF,CAD/CAM docs etc to PDF using single compoenent?
I know that Aspose Words will help me in converting docs to PDF and AsposeCells help me in converting xls to PDF etc. But this becomes a cumbersome for me to call different compoenents based on type to convert.

Please respond.

Thanks,
Sanjeev
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Hello Sanjeev,

Thanks for considering Aspose.

Aspose.Pdf is a component which is used to generate PDF documents from scratch. You can use our API to generate PDF documents, or you can transform an XML file into PDF format, you can even convert conventional Image formats into a PDF file, you may convert MSWord documents into PDF format (Aspose.Words is required and only .Net version supports, or simply use Aspose.Words to convert word files into PDF directly without using Aspose.Pdf), you can convert Excel worksheets into PDF format (Aspose.Cells is required), and you can convert PowerPoint presentations into PDF format (Aspose.Slides can do the job without using Aspose.Pdf).

  • If you need to convert a Word file into PDF, you can use the Direct2Pdf save method of Aspose.Words. For more related information, please visit the Saving Documents page.
  • If you need to convert a PowerPoint document into a PDF, please visit the Converting to PDF File page.
  • If you need to convert an Excel file into PDF format, you need to use Aspose.Cells and Aspose.Pdf to accomplish this requirement. For related information please visit the Convert an XLS File to PDF Format page and the Convert XLS file (containing images or charts) to PDF page.
  • You can use Aspose.Pdf to create a PDF document from an Image source. An image source can be of EMF, WMF, TIFF, CCIT, JPEG, BMP, PNG, Exif, Icon format. For more information on converting Image format into a PDF file, please visit the Working with Images page.

When using Aspose.Pdf & Aspose.Words in a conventional method to convert word files into PDF format, you need both components because Aspose.Words converts the contents of the word document into an intermediate XML file and Aspose.Pdf uses that XML file to generate the PDF document. The same is the case when using Aspose.Cells and Aspose.Pdf to convert Excel worksheets into PDF format.

If you need a single component:

  • You can use the Direct to PDF save method of Aspose.Words to convert word documents into PDF format.
  • In recent versions of Aspose.Cells, a new method to save the excel worksheets directly into PDF format is also introduced, so you can use a single component to accomplish your requirement.
  • Aspose.Slides converts the PowerPoint presentation into PDF format without using Aspose.Pdf.

I am sorry to inform you that the conversion of AutoCad files is not yet supported.

I’m afraid we don’t have any single component which can fulfill all the above-specified requirements. Different components offer a variety of different features beside the conversion capability.

For a detailed list of features offered by Aspose.Pdf, please visit the Product Overview and Features pages.

In case of any further query, please feel free to contact.

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Hi Nayyar,

Thanks for the detailed mail.
Do you guys have any proposal to support AutoCAD files in the coming releases?
Otherwise i need to findout a thirdparty where an AutoCAD file gets converted to XML, and from there AsposePDF can convert XML to PDF.

Thanks,
Sanjeev
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Hello Sanjeev,

I'm afraid we don't have any near future plans to support AutoCAD format for conversion into PDF using Aspose.Pdf.

We apologize for your inconvenience.