DocumentBase.ExportAsFixedFormat Method

Saves the document in PDF or XPS format.

Namespace:  Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word
Assembly:  Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word.v4.0.Utilities (in Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word.v4.0.Utilities.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Sub ExportAsFixedFormat ( _
    outputFileName As String, _
    exportFormat As WdExportFormat, _
    openAfterExport As Boolean, _
    optimizeFor As WdExportOptimizeFor, _
    range As WdExportRange, _
    from As Integer, _
    to As Integer, _
    item As WdExportItem, _
    includeDocProps As Boolean, _
    keepIRM As Boolean, _
    createBookmarks As WdExportCreateBookmarks, _
    docStructureTags As Boolean, _
    bitmapMissingFonts As Boolean, _
    useISO19005_1 As Boolean, _
    ByRef fixedFormatExtClassPtr As Object _
)

public void ExportAsFixedFormat(
    string outputFileName,
    WdExportFormat exportFormat,
    bool openAfterExport,
    WdExportOptimizeFor optimizeFor,
    WdExportRange range,
    int from,
    int to,
    WdExportItem item,
    bool includeDocProps,
    bool keepIRM,
    WdExportCreateBookmarks createBookmarks,
    bool docStructureTags,
    bool bitmapMissingFonts,
    bool useISO19005_1,
    ref Object fixedFormatExtClassPtr
)

Parameters

• outputFileName
  Type: System.String

  The path and file name of the new PDF or XPS file.

• exportFormat
  Type: Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.WdExportFormat

  One of the WdExportFormat values that specifies whether to save the document in PDF or XPS format.

• openAfterExport
  Type: System.Boolean

  true to open the new file automatically; otherwise, false.

• optimizeFor
  Type: Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.WdExportOptimizeFor

  One of the WdExportOptimizeFor values that specifies whether to optimize for screen or print.

• range
  Type: Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.WdExportRange

  One of the WdExportRange values that specifies whether the export range is the entire document, the current page, a range of text, or the current selection. The default is to export the entire document.

• from
  Type: System.Int32

  Specifies the starting page number, if the Range parameter is set to wdExportFromTo.

• to
  Type: System.Int32

  Specifies the ending page number, if the Range parameter is set to wdExportFromTo.

• item
  Type: Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.WdExportItem

  One of the Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.WdExportItem values that specifies whether the export process includes text only or includes text with markup.

• includeDocProps
  Type: System.Boolean

  true to include document properties in the new file; otherwise, false.

• keepIRM
  Type: System.Boolean

  true to copy Information Rights Management (IRM) permissions to an XPS document if the source document has IRM protections; otherwise, false. The default is true.

• createBookmarks
  Type: Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.WdExportCreateBookmarks

  One of the WdExportCreateBookmarks values that specifies whether to export bookmarks and the type of bookmarks to export.

• docStructureTags
  Type: System.Boolean

  true to include extra data to help screen readers, such as information about the flow and logical organization of the content; otherwise, false. The default is true.

• bitmapMissingFonts
  Type: System.Boolean

  true to include a bitmap of the text; false to reference the text font. Set this parameter to true when font licenses do not permit a font to be embedded in the PDF file. If you set this to false, the viewer's computer substitutes an appropriate font if the specified one is not available. The default is true.

• useISO19005_1
  Type: System.Boolean

  true to limit PDF usage to the PDF subset standardized as ISO 19005-1; otherwise, false. If you set this parameter to true, the resulting files are more reliably self-contained but may be larger or show more visual artifacts due to the restrictions of the format. The default is false.

• fixedFormatExtClassPtr
  Type: System.Object%

  A pointer to an implementation of the IMsoDocExporter interface that enables the document to be saved in a different fixed format. For more information, see Extending the Office (2007) Fixed-Format Export Feature.

Remarks

You can save as a PDF or XPS file from Microsoft Office Word only after you install an add-in that provides this feature. For more information, search for "Enable support for other file formats, such as PDF and XPS" on Office Online.

Optional Parameters

For information on optional parameters, see Optional Parameters in Office Solutions.

Examples

The following code example saves the current document in PDF format with the specified name. Because no folder is specified, the PDF file is saved in the user's My Documents folder by default. To use this example, run it from the ThisDocument class in a document-level project.

Private Sub SaveAsPDF()
    Me.ExportAsFixedFormat("MyPDFDocument", _
        Word.WdExportFormat.wdExportFormatPDF)
End Sub

private void SaveAsPDF()
{            
    this.ExportAsFixedFormat(
        @"myPDFDocument",
        Word.WdExportFormat.wdExportFormatPDF,
        false,
        Word.WdExportOptimizeFor.wdExportOptimizeForOnScreen,
        Word.WdExportRange.wdExportAllDocument,
        0,
        0,
        Word.WdExportItem.wdExportDocumentWithMarkup,
        true,
        true,
        Word.WdExportCreateBookmarks.wdExportCreateWordBookmarks,
        true,
        true,
        false,
        ref missing);
}

.NET Framework Security

• Full trust for the immediate caller. This member cannot be used by partially trusted code. For more information, see Using Libraries from Partially Trusted Code.

See Also

Reference

DocumentBase Class

Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word Namespace