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Brass Contributor

Mar 28, 2019

Flow Action - Convert Word Document to PDF

I'm trying to use the Convert Word Document to PDF action in a Flow. There are three parameters that have to be entered: Location - the SharePoint Site Document Library - Library where the documen...

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Roghan

Copper Contributor

Jan 12, 2020

VFXPro

Thanks for sharing, I am stuck on this exact issue too and am unable to convert a Word Doc to PDF within Sharepoint. Has there been any developments in the mean time?

If not, is it possible you paste the flow you've developed as a workaround which you have discussed? would be good to mimick it myself in the interim till an MS solution is developed.

Russell Gove

Iron Contributor

Jan 13, 2020

Roghan This can be used to get a pdf version of a document: https://github.com/SharePoint/sp-dev-fx-extensions/tree/master/samples/js-command-convert-to-pdf

This can be used to generate Word Docuements or PDFs from data stored in your sharepoint lists using a word template: https://github.com/russgove/sp-dev-fx-extensions/tree/dev/samples/react-command-generate-documents

Russell Gove
Iron Contributor
Feb 03, 2020
Hi Roghan, You would need to build the app and deploy it to sharepoint. This would require knowledge of the sharepoint development model.
Roghan
Copper Contributor
Jan 19, 2020
Russell Gove thanks for sharing, I am keen to try point 1: "This can be used to get a pdf version of a document" but am unable to deduce from the link you shared how to go about this? Any easy to follow guide you have seen around?