How to convert PDF to WORD in c# [closed]

Question

Does the anyone know a .Net component to convert PDF to Word or RTF programatically? I don't want to use OCR and Adobe dependent solutions.

Answer 1

I tried several libraries:

• PDF Focus .NET: https://sautinsoft.com/products/pdf-focus/index.php
• Aspose.PDF: https://products.aspose.com/pdf/net
• Gembox: https://www.gemboxsoftware.com/document
• Spire.PDF: https://www.e-iceblue.com/Introduce/pdf-for-net-introduce.html
• considered also using Word via COM automation to open and save to pdf programmatically.

Among all of them I liked PDF Focus .NET best of all, and I will explain why:

1. They try to keep the structure of the document EDITABLE, so that when I will try to continue editing the text, the paragraph will be smoothly prolonged. Other libraries are trying to do a "minimalistic" approach by inserting absolute positioned shapes, so that if you continue editing the text, it will overlap with the next piece of text.
2. They do all their best to recognize tables, so that tables in the output document will be REAL TABLES, but not a collection of shapes and texts with absolute positioning (as produced by other libraries).

A customer of ours is evaluating now different libraries, and I will recommend PDF Focus .NET first of all.

P.S. I AM NOT INVOLVED IN ANY KIND OF RELATIONSHIP WITH THIS SOFTWARE PRODUCER. As a former .NET developer I simply see a high quality components which really work fine.

Answer 2

Use PDF Focus.

Nice and easy.

EDIT: And also

How to convert DOC into other formats using C#

http://dotnetf1.blogspot.com/2008/07/convert-word-doc-into-pdf-using-c-code.html

Answer 3

You need something like GemBox.Document. It's a simple .NET component that enables you to manipulate and convert all kinds of document files.