Converting office documents to PDF or PDF/A
Input files from Office applications
The CLI component is able to convert common file formats from Office applications directly to PDF/A. For more information and a list of supported applications and files have a look at: http://www.callassoftware.com/goto/apl_ENU_topdf (for pdfaPilot)
http://www.callassoftware.com/goto/tbx_ENU_topdf (for pdfToolbox)
- Note: Since pdfToolbox11/pdfaPilot 9/pdfEngine 11 onwards in the 64bit variant on Windows, the Libre/OpenOffice has to be 64bit as well (and 32bit when the 32bit variant is installed).
Forced use of OpenOffice
--topdf_forceopenoffice When defined, Microsoft Office files are processed with OpenOffice (or LibreOffice if installed).
Create PDF for screen display
--topdf_screenImages from Office documents will have lower quality, result file will be smaller.
Default in callas pdfaPilot.
Create PDF for print
--topdf_printThe PDF will be created with image resolution sufficient for printing, thus leading to larger files.
Default in callas pdfToolbox.
Excel-Sheets without removing white space
--topdf_useexcelpagelayout Use Excel page layout, white space will not be removed.
Special handling for MS Office files
--topdf_parameter=[ShowHiddenColumns|ShrinkToFit|PrintQualityAndComments|UpdateChangedFields|DoNotHideOffice|NoMemoryOptimization]Special parameters to achieve some special layouts for MS Office files.
Parameters
| ShowHiddenColumns |
Show columns which are not visible due to small width or other settings. (for Office files processed with MS Excel only). Note: When --topdf_useexcelpagelayout is used, this parameter will not be respected. |
| ShrinkToFit |
Shrinks the content of a cell so that the content fits inside. (for Office files processed with MS Excel only). Note: When --topdf_useexcelpagelayout is used, this parameter will not be respected. |
| PrintQualityAndComments |
Images will have bigger resolu-tions and comments/annotations (e.g. from tracking changes) will be included as well (for Office files processed with MS Word only; can not be combined with --topdf_print). |
| UpdateChangedFields |
Updates the changed fields like automatically generated Table of contents. By default, such fields are not updated (for Office files processed with MS Word only) |
| DoNotHideOffice | Parameter to avoid hiding Office application for a successful conversion to PDF |
| NoMemoryOptimization |
Parameter to to disable internal memory optimization during processing for improved performance |
Logging of dialogs in defined log file
--topdf_guiactionslog=<path> Parameters
path Path to folder or logfile.
All dialogs occuring during processing the office file will be logged within this file.
- Note: See the "to PDF" internet page (listed above) for further information about handling of dialogs from MS Office applications.