How can I save a Word document as a PDF via ACTXSERVER in MATLAB 8.2 (R2013b)?

I am trying to save a Word document as a PDF using the ACTXSERVER function in MATLAB together with the Word method PRINTOUT. Although I am specifying that the output file name should have a PDF extension, I do not see it being created.

Answer 1

[MathWorks Support Team]

The following reference to the Window.PrintOut method in the Word 2013 Dev Center:

 <http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/office/ff197226.aspx>

shows the syntax of this method to be:

expression.PrintOut(Background, Append, Range, OutputFileName, From, To, Item, Copies, Pages, PageType, PrintToFile, Collate, FileName, ActivePrinterMacGX, ManualDuplexPrint, PrintZoomColumn, PrintZoomRow, PrintZoomPaperWidth, PrintZoomPaperHeight)

(Please note that depending on the Word version the number of parameters can vary.)

However, the method PRINTOUT only allows you to print the document to a printer. If you want to save your Word document as a PDF document, you can use the method SAVEAS2. For example:

wrd = actxserver('word.application');

wrdDoc = wrd.Documents;

wrdFile = wrdDoc.Open('TestWord.docx');

wrdFile.SaveAs2('TestWord.pdf',17);

wrdDoc.Close;

wrd.Quit();

where 17 stands for the PDF format.

For more information about formatting values, you may wish to refer to the following link:

 <http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/office/bb238158(v=office.12).aspx>

and the following link provides further information about SAVEAS2:

 <http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff836084.aspx>