Convert Word document to PDF on macOS

29 Nov 20243 minutes to read

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

Steps to convert Word document to PDF in .NET Core application on macOS

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

Step 2: Select the project version.

Step 3: Install the Syncfusion.DocIORenderer.Net.Core NuGet package as a reference to your project from NuGet.org.Install the Nuget Package on Mac please refer this Link.

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 4: Include the following Namespaces in the Program.cs file.

C#

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

Step 5: Add the following code snippet in Program.cs file.

C#

using (FileStream docStream = new FileStream(Path.GetFullPath(@"../../../Data/Template.docx"), FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read))
{
    //Loads 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())
        {
            //Converts Word document into PDF document
            using (PdfDocument pdfDocument = render.ConvertToPDF(wordDocument))
            {
                //Saves the PDF document to MemoryStream.
                MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream();
                pdfDocument.Save(stream);
                stream.Position = 0;

                //Save the PDF document in local machine
                Stream file = File.Create("Sample.pdf");
                stream.CopyTo(file);
                file.Close();
            }
        }
    }
}

You can download a complete working sample from GitHub.

By executing the program, you will get the PDF document as follows. The output will be saved in bin folder.

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