Word Transformation

Rainbow PDF Server Based Converter V3.0 converts Microsoft Word 2007 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 V3.0 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
  • 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

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 V3.0analyses 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 formats simulate Microsoft Word. 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) TextBox
    (4) Z-order of Shapes
    (5) Trimming
    (6) Fill color
    (7) Vertical writing in TextBox
    (8) Table in TextBox
    (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 Word97/98
    (5 EQ Field - Enclose Characters, Horizontal in Vertical)
  • Mirror Margins, 2 page per sheet, Book fold, Gutter position (Gutter position Top/Left is not variable.)
  • Page Border

Restrictions and Limitations

  • Line height might not be set correctly.
  • Hyphenation is not outputted.
  • Password protected documents cannot be converted.
  • FirstSaved documents cannot be converted.
  • In MS Office, if the font specified for a character doesn't have corresponding glyph, another suitable font might be substituted. Such substitution is not done with this product.
  • WMF/EMF contained in documents created in earlier versions of MS Office 95, and saved again in later versions of MS Office 97, might not convert.
  • Embedded objects and linked objects of OLE cannot be displayed (If the information for display is embedded in the document, it might display).
  • If there is a long character string of tens of thousands of characters without the linefeed (CRLF), the conversion may fail.
  • Object and text shadows and 3-D effects are not supported.
  • Gradation of a line in a figure is not supported.
  • 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 baloon text.
  • Shapes created in Excel and PowerPoint2007 and pasted on on Word2007 are not convertible.
  • ChartML pasted on Word2007 is not convertible.
  • The position of a shape in a vertical writing document is not converted correctly.
  • Expressions made with the "Equation Tools"in Word2007 are not converted. They are eliminated.
  • SmartArt graphics are not converted. They are eliminated.
  • Word ML files created with MS office 2007 saved in the compatablity mode as a 2003 file are not supported.
  • ActiveX controls cannot be displayed. (If the information for display is embedded in the document, it might display).