Save .doc file to PDF

Question

Hello All, 
 
 I need an approach to save unstructured .doc file to .pdf extn. I know we have .docx to PDF. But I have .doc this to be converte to .pdf. 
 Its great if anyone help in suggesting approach for this.

Stefan Helzle · Answer

"doc" and "docx" are the same file format. Did you try that smart service?

Stefan Helzle · Answer

If your Word documents are stored in the binary file format "Word 97-2003 Document", then that smart service will not work. It only works with the XML based document file formats. 
 I suggest to check the app market for plugins.

Mike Schmitt · Answer

Stefan Helzle said: "doc" and "docx" are the same file format. 
 Yikes, this isn't true, and it's not even close. 
 ".doc" is the (much) older, proprietary format; ".docx" is the open, XML / WordML based format (which is just a ZIP container containing plaintext human-readable XML files you can open and edit). A convertor that recognizes DOCX files wouldn't have the first clue how to deal with a .doc file. And if a document is actually docx but has been named with the .doc extension, that is a severe type mismatch.

Mike Schmitt · Answer

Unknown said: .doc 
 If you're referring to the old, closed, proprietary Microsoft Word ".doc" format that predated the open ".docx" format, then i'm not sure there is a built-in converter for Appian. There may be a plug-in that can handle them.

Mike Schmitt · Answer

You might want to check out the paid plug-in originally named "PDF Tron" but now branded " Apryse " - it seems to be able to inherently handle a wider variety of document formats etc. Plus unless something's changed, you can try it for free first to see if it works for your files.