Word Transformation

Rainbow PDF Server Based Converter V4.0 converts Microsoft Word 2007/2010 docx files, doc files created with Microsoft Word 97 to 2003, and xml (WordML format) files created with Microsoft Word 2003 into PDF or SVG. The Windows version also supports conversions to JPEG or PNG or TIFF or Multi-page TIFF.

Transformation Specification

MS Word Document

Rainbow PDF Server Based Converter V4.0 supports:

  • Documents with ".doc" and ".dot" extensions created with:
    Microsoft Word 97 for Windows
    Microsoft Word 98 for Windows
    Microsoft Word 2000
    Microsoft Word 2002
    Microsoft Word 2003
    Microsoft Word 98 Macintosh Edition
    Microsoft Word 2001 for Macintosh
    Microsoft Word X
    Microsoft Word 2004 for Macintosh
    Microsoft Office Word 2007
    Microsoft Office Word 2010
  • Documents with ".xml" extension (WordML format) created with:
    Microsoft Word 2003
  • Document with ".docx" and ".docm" and ".dotx" and "dotm" extensions created with:
    Microsoft Office Word 2007 / 2010

MS-RTF is not supported even if the extension is ".doc". Microsoft WordML created in MS 2007 is not currently supported even if the file has been converted to a WordML 2003.

Corresponding state for Word conversion

Rainbow PDF Server Based Converter V4.0 analyses the content created by Microsoft Word, and generates pages for print by simulating Word. Paper size, orientation and margins adopt the "Page Setup" of Word.
Paper size, margins, number of characters in a row, and number of rows in a page are addressed in horizontal writing, but not in vertical writing.
The following Microsoft Word formats are simulated (footnotes are not currently supported):.

  • Font in the body area
    (1) Font Size
    (2) Font Color
    (3) Character Spacing (Scale)
    (4) Underline style, Underline color
    (5) Strikethrough
    (6) Spacing
    (7) Bold/Italic
    (8) Font
    (9) Position
    (10) Superscript/Subscript
    (11) Small Caps/ All Caps
    (12) Hidden text
    (13) Justify full
    (14) Border around text
  • Paragraph
    (1) Indentation (Left, Right)
    (2) Indentation (First line)
    (3) Spacing (Before, After)
    (4) Alignment (Left, Centered, Right, Justified)
    (5) Bullets and Numbering
    (6) Line spacing
    (7) Border around paragraph
    (8) Asian typography
  • Table
    (1) Merge of cells
    (2) Nest
    (3) Border (Width, Style, Color), Shading of cell
    (4) Row height
    (5) Alignment in cell
    (6) Heading rows repeat
    (7) Format text box/ Layout
    (8) Wrap text in cell
    (9) Fit text in cell
    (10) Vertical alignment
    (11) Text in vertical mode
  • Columns
  • Header/Footer
  • Vertical Writing
  • AutoShape, Graphic
    (1) Graphic
    (2) AutoShape
    (3) Text box
    (4) Z-order of Shapes
    (5) Trimming
    (6) Fill color
    (7) Vertical writing in text box
    (8) Table in text box
    (9) WordArt
    (10) Create drawing canvas
  • Others
    (1) Fields including a field result (Output only a result)
    (2) EQ Field - Ruby
    (3) EQ Field - Combine Characters
    (4) EQ Field - Justify Full in Word 97/98
    (5 EQ Field - Enclose Characters, Horizontal in Vertical)
  • Mirror Margins, 2 page per sheet, Book fold, Gutter position (Gutter position Top/Left is not a variable)
  • Page Border

Restrictions and Limitations

  • Line height might not be set correctly.
  • Hyphenation will not be outputted.
  • Password protected documents creared in MS Office 97-2003 cannot be converted.
  • FirstSaved documents cannot be converted.
  • In MS Office, if the font specified for a character doesn't have a corresponding glyph, it might be substituted by another suitable font.These substitutions are not done with this product.
  • Documents containing WMF/EMF that were created in earlier versions of MS Office 95, and saved again in later versions of MS Office 97, might not convert.
  • Embedded and linked objects of OLE cannot be displayed, unless the display information is embedded in the document.
  • A long character string of tens of thousands of characters without the linefeed (CRLF) might fail to convert.
  • Object/text shadows and 3-D effects are not supported.
  • Line Gradation in a figure is not supported.
  • When an image is pasted and various effects are given, effects will be disregarded and the image will be outputted in the original color scheme.
  • Outside borders of an image are not supported.
  • Vertical alignment (center, bottom) of text in a text box is not supported.
  • "Widow/Orphan control", "Keep lines together" and "Keep with next" of the paragraph setting are not supported.
  • Boundary lines of a column gap are not supported.
  • Combined characters are outputted with standard letter size in one line.
  • "Tight" and "Through" in Text Wrapping around an object are outputted as the same as "Square".
  • Character shading and borders in a text box are not supported.
  • Diagonal borders in a table cell are not supported.
  • Some line styles in character borders, column borders, tables, cells and page borders are not supported.
  • Page border colors are not supported.
  • The AutoFit function of a table is not fully supported.
  • Cell spacing in a table is not supported.
  • "Track Changes" is not supported. The final edition will be converted.
  • Balloons for Comments and Track Changes are not supported. They are converted without showing the balloon text.
  • Shapes created in Excel or PowerPoint 2007/2010 and pasted in Word 2007/2010 will not convert.
  • ChartML pasted in Word 2007/2010 will not convert.
  • The position of a shape in a vertical writing document will not convert correctly.
  • Expressions made with the "Equation Tools" in Word 2007/2010 will be removed during the conversion process.
  • SmartArt graphics are not supported and will be removed during the conversion process.
  • WordML files created with MS Office 2007/2010 saved in the compatibility mode as 2003 files are not supported.
  • ActiveX controls cannot be displayed. (It might if the information for display is embedded in the document).
  • "Picture Styles" are not supported. Images will be outputted without the specified picture style.
  • "Shadow", "Reflection", "Glow", "Soft Edges", "3-D Format", and "3-D Rotation" in the "Picture Effects" section are not supported. Images will be outputted without the specified picture effects.
  • Only a single filled color is effective with "Text Effects" in the "Font" section; transparency will be ignored.