Word to pdf conversion

Question

Hi All, I have requirement to generate a pdf file where user is given option to enter text value in the pdf file. I thought to go with Docx with Dynamic template but I am not sure how to generate user input field in the pdf file 
 
 Thanks in advance

Naresh · Answer

There are several ways to generate PDF doc in Appian using plugins 
 you can use PDF tools plugin to generate PDF document if all user is filling same PDF 
 1. Upload the PDF template to your App 
 2. Provide Appian UI for user to enter the data 
 3. Parse the user entered data to PDF template using fill PDF smart service (From PDF tools plugin) 
 
 Other Option (combination of Docx with Dynamic template & Dynami Document Generator plugin ) 
 1. Create a docx template with the data format that you want 
 2. Upload template to your App 
 3. Provide UI for user to enter data 
 4. Parse the data to docx template and generate a document using Docx with Dynamic template feature 
 5. use PDF from DOCX smart service to generate a PDF doc