Convert Word to PDF in Console application

17 Feb 202515 minutes to read

Syncfusion^® DocIO is a .NET Word library used to create, read, edit, and convert Word documents programmatically without Microsoft Word or interop dependencies. Using this library, you can convert Word to PDF in Console application.

Convert Word to PDF using .NET Core and Latest

Prerequisites:

Visual Studio 2022.
Install .NET 8 SDK or later.

Step 1: Create a new .NET Core console application project.

Create a .NET Core Console application in Visual Studio

Step 2: Install the Syncfusion.DocIORenderer.Net.Core NuGet package as a reference to your project from NuGet.org.

Install Syncfusion.DocIORenderer.Net.Core NuGet Package

NOTE

Starting with v16.2.0.x, if you reference Syncfusion^® assemblies from trial setup or from the NuGet feed, you also have to add “Syncfusion.Licensing” assembly reference and include a license key in your projects. Please refer to this link to know about registering Syncfusion^® license key in your application to use our components.

Step 3: Include the following namespaces in Program.cs file.

C#
using Syncfusion.DocIO;
using Syncfusion.DocIO.DLS;
using Syncfusion.DocIORenderer;
using Syncfusion.Pdf;

Step 4: Include the below code snippet in Program.cs to convert Word to PDF.

C#
//Open the file as Stream.
using (FileStream docStream = new FileStream(Path.GetFullPath("Data/Template.docx"), FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read))
{
    //Load file stream into Word document.
    using (WordDocument wordDocument = new WordDocument(docStream, FormatType.Docx))
    {
        //Instantiation of DocIORenderer for Word to PDF conversion.
        using (DocIORenderer render = new DocIORenderer())
        {
            //Convert Word document into PDF document.
            PdfDocument pdfDocument = render.ConvertToPDF(wordDocument);

            //Save the PDF document.
            using(FileStream stream = new FileStream("Sample.pdf", FileMode.Create, FileAccess.Write))
            {
                pdfDocument.Save(stream);
            }           
        }
    }
}

Step 6: Build the project.

Click on Build → Build Solution or press Ctrl+Shift+B to build the project.

Step 7: Run the project.

Click the Start button (green arrow) or press F5 to run the app.

You can download a complete working sample from GitHub.

By executing the program, you will get the PDF as follows.

Output PDF document in .NET Core console application

Prerequisites:

Visual Studio Code.
Install .NET 8 SDK or later.
Open Visual Studio Code and install the C# for Visual Studio Code extension from the Extensions Marketplace.

Step 1: Create a new .NET Core console application project.

Open the command palette by pressing Ctrl+Shift+P and type .NET:New Project and enter.
Choose the Console App template.

Choose Console app from template

Select the project location, type the project name and press enter.
Then choose Create project.

Step 2: To convert a Word document to PDF in console app, install Syncfusion.DocIORenderer.Net.Core to the project.

Press Ctrl + ` (backtick) to open the integrated terminal in Visual Studio Code.
Ensure you’re in the project root directory where your .csproj file is located.
Run the command dotnet add package Syncfusion.DocIORenderer.NET.Core to install the NuGet package.

Add Syncfusion.DocIORenderer.NET.Core NuGet package

NOTE

Starting with v16.2.0.x, if you reference Syncfusion^® assemblies from trial setup or from the NuGet feed, you also have to add “Syncfusion.Licensing” assembly reference and include a license key in your projects. Please refer to this link to know about registering Syncfusion^® license key in your application to use our components.

Step 3: Include the following namespaces in Program.cs file.

C#
using Syncfusion.DocIO;
using Syncfusion.DocIO.DLS;
using Syncfusion.DocIORenderer;
using Syncfusion.Pdf;

Step 4: Include the below code snippet in Program.cs to convert Word to PDF.

C#
//Open the file as Stream.
using (FileStream docStream = new FileStream(Path.GetFullPath("Data/Template.docx"), FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read))
{
    //Load file stream into Word document.
    using (WordDocument wordDocument = new WordDocument(docStream, FormatType.Docx))
    {
        //Instantiation of DocIORenderer for Word to PDF conversion.
        using (DocIORenderer render = new DocIORenderer())
        {
            //Convert Word document into PDF document.
            PdfDocument pdfDocument = render.ConvertToPDF(wordDocument);

            //Save the PDF document.
            using(FileStream stream = new FileStream("Sample.pdf", FileMode.Create, FileAccess.Write))
            {
                pdfDocument.Save(stream);
            }           
        }
    }
}

Step 5: Build the project.

Run the following command in terminal to build the project.

dotnet build

Step 6: Run the project.

Run the following command in terminal to run the project.

dotnet run

You can download a complete working sample from GitHub.

By executing the program, you will get the PDF as follows.

Output PDF document in .NET Core console application

Prerequisites:

JetBrains Rider.
Install .NET 8 SDK or later.

Step 1. Open JetBrains Rider and create a new .NET Core console application project.

Launch JetBrains Rider.
Click new solution on the welcome screen.

Launch JetBrains Rider

In the new Solution dialog, select Project Type as Console.
Enter a project name and specify the location.
Select the target framework (e.g., .NET 8.0, .NET 9.0).
Click create.

Creating a new .NET Core console application in JetBrains Rider

Step 2: Install the NuGet package from NuGet.org.

Click the NuGet icon in the Rider toolbar and type Syncfusion.DocIO.Net.Core in the search bar.
Ensure that “nuget.org” is selected as the package source.
Select the latest Syncfusion.DocIORenderer.Net.Core NuGet package from the list.
Click the + (Add) button to add the package.

Select the Syncfusion.DocIORenderer.Net.Core NuGet package

Click the Install button to complete the installation.

Install the Syncfusion.DocIORenderer.Net.Core NuGet package

NOTE

Starting with v16.2.0.x, if you reference Syncfusion assemblies from trial setup or from the NuGet feed, you also have to add “Syncfusion.Licensing” assembly reference and include a license key in your projects. Please refer to this link to know about registering Syncfusion license key in your application to use our components.

Step 3: Include the following namespaces in Program.cs file.

C#
using Syncfusion.DocIO;
using Syncfusion.DocIO.DLS;
using Syncfusion.DocIORenderer;
using Syncfusion.Pdf;

Step 4: Include the below code snippet in Program.cs to convert Word to PDF.

C#
//Open the file as Stream.
using (FileStream docStream = new FileStream(Path.GetFullPath("Data/Template.docx"), FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read))
{
    //Load file stream into Word document.
    using (WordDocument wordDocument = new WordDocument(docStream, FormatType.Docx))
    {
        //Instantiation of DocIORenderer for Word to PDF conversion.
        using (DocIORenderer render = new DocIORenderer())
        {
            //Convert Word document into PDF document.
            PdfDocument pdfDocument = render.ConvertToPDF(wordDocument);

            //Save the PDF document.
            using(FileStream stream = new FileStream("Sample.pdf", FileMode.Create, FileAccess.Write))
            {
                pdfDocument.Save(stream);
            }           
        }
    }
}

Step 5: Build the project.

Click the Build button in the toolbar or press Ctrl+Shift+B to build the project.

Step 6: Run the project.

Click the Run button (green arrow) in the toolbar or press F5 to run the app.

You can download a complete working sample from GitHub.

By executing the program, you will get the PDF as follows.

Output PDF document in .NET Core console application

Convert Word to PDF in .NET Framework

Prerequisites:

Visual Studio 2022.
Install .NET desktop development workload with necessary .NET Framework SDK.

Step 1: Create a new .NET FrameWork console application project. Create a .NET FrameWork Console application in Visual Studio

Step 2: Install Syncfusion.DocToPdfConverter.WinForms NuGet package as a reference to your Windows Forms application from the NuGet.org.

Install Syncfusion.DocToPdfConverter.WinForms NuGet package

NOTE

The Syncfusion.DocToPdfConverter.WinForms is a dependency for Syncfusion^® Windows Forms GUI controls and is named with the suffix “WinForms”. It contains platform-independent .NET Framework assemblies (compatible with versions 4.0, 4.5, 4.5.1, and 4.6) for the Word library and does not include any Windows Forms-related references or code. Therefore, we recommend using this package for .NET Framework Console applications.

Starting with v16.2.0.x, if you reference Syncfusion^® assemblies from trial setup or from the NuGet feed, you also have to add “Syncfusion.Licensing” assembly reference and include a license key in your projects. Please refer to this link to know about registering Syncfusion^® license key in your application to use our components.

Step 3: Include the following namespaces in Program.cs file.

C#
using Syncfusion.DocIO.DLS;
using Syncfusion.DocIO;
using Syncfusion.DocToPDFConverter;
using Syncfusion.Pdf;

Step 4: Include the below code snippet in Program.cs to convert Word to PDF.

C#
//Load the existing Word document.
using (WordDocument document = new WordDocument("Data/Input.docx", FormatType.Docx))
{
    //Instantiation of DocToPDFConverter for Word to PDF conversion.
    using (DocToPDFConverter converter = new DocToPDFConverter())
    {
        //Convert Word document into PDF document.
        using (PdfDocument pdfDocument = converter.ConvertToPDF(document))
        {
            //Save the PDF document.
            pdfDocument.Save("Sample.pdf");                       
        }
    }               
}

Step 5: Build the project.

Click on Build → Build Solution or press Ctrl+Shift+B to build the project.

Step 6: Run the project.

Click the Start button (green arrow) or press F5 to run the app.

You can download a complete working sample from GitHub.

By executing the program, you will get the PDF as follows.

Output PDF document in .NET FrameWork console application

Prerequisites:

JetBrains Rider.
Install .NET Framework Developer Pack.

Step 1. Open JetBrains Rider and create a new .NET Framework console application project.

Launch JetBrains Rider.
Click new solution on the welcome screen.

Launch JetBrains Rider

In the new Solution dialog, select Project Type as Console.
Enter a project name and specify the location.
Select the target framework as Full Framework and choose the desired version.
Click create.

Creating a new .NET Framework console application in JetBrains Rider

Step 2: Install the NuGet package from NuGet.org.

Click the NuGet icon in the Rider toolbar and type Syncfusion.DocToPdfConverter.WinForms in the search bar.
Ensure that “nuget.org” is selected as the package source.
Select the latest Syncfusion.DocToPdfConverter.WinForms NuGet package from the list.
Click the + (Add) button to add the package.

Select the Syncfusion.DocToPdfConverter.WinForms NuGet package

Click the Install button to complete the installation.

Install the Syncfusion.DocToPdfConverter.WinForms NuGet package

Step 3: Include the following namespaces in Program.cs file.

C#
using Syncfusion.DocIO.DLS;
using Syncfusion.DocIO;
using Syncfusion.DocToPDFConverter;
using Syncfusion.Pdf;

Step 4: Include the below code snippet in Program.cs to convert Word to PDF.

C#
//Load the existing Word document.
using (WordDocument document = new WordDocument("Data/Input.docx", FormatType.Docx))
{
    //Instantiation of DocToPDFConverter for Word to PDF conversion.
    using (DocToPDFConverter converter = new DocToPDFConverter())
    {
        //Convert Word document into PDF document.
        using (PdfDocument pdfDocument = converter.ConvertToPDF(document))
        {
            //Save the PDF document.
            pdfDocument.Save("Sample.pdf");                       
        }
    }               
}

Step 5: Build the project.

Click the Build button in the toolbar or press Ctrl+Shift+B to build the project.

Step 6: Run the project.

Click the Run button (green arrow) in the toolbar or press F5 to run the app.

You can download a complete working sample from GitHub.

By executing the program, you will get the PDF as follows.

Output PDF document in .NET FrameWork console application

An online sample link to convert Word document to PDF in ASP.NET Core.