PDF From DOCX Not Preserving Line Breaks from Dynamic Paragraph Text

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Hi Everyone,

I’m facing an issue while generating a PDF from a dynamically generated Word document.

Requirement:

  • Capture multi-line text from an Appian UI Paragraph Field
  • Populate it into a DOCX template using DOCX From Dynamic Template
  • Convert the generated DOCX to PDF using PDF From DOCX
  • Both smart services are from the Advanced Document Templating plugin

Issue:

  • The DOCX file is generated correctly and preserves all line breaks as expected.
  • However, when converting the DOCX to PDF, the line breaks are not rendered in the PDF output.

What I’ve tried so far:

  • Replacing char(10) with the XML equivalent 

  • Tested multiple variations, but the issue still persists
  • Implemented solutions suggested in the references below

(Links referenced below)
Link 1: https://community.appian.com/discussions/f/plug-ins/28870/line-break-docx-from-dynamic-template
Link 2: https://community.appian.com/discussions/f/plug-ins/28812/next-line-not-working-when-converting-from-docx-to-pdf
Link 3: https://community.appian.com/discussions/f/general/8837/rendering-line-breaks-in-pdf

Has anyone faced a similar issue or found a reliable way to preserve line breaks when converting DOCX to PDF using this plugin?

Any help or guidance would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance!

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