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GroupDocs.Conversion provides the PdfConvertOptions class to give you better control over conversion results when converting to PDF. Along with common convert options, the PdfConvertOptions has the following additional options:

• setFormat desired result document type. Available options are: Pdf, Epub, Xps, Tex, Ps, Pcl
• setWidth specifies desired image width after conversion.
• setHeight specifies desired image height after conversion.
• setDpi specifies desired page DPI after conversion.
• setPassword specifies the password to protect the document.
• setMarginTop specifies desired page top margin after conversion.
• setMarginBottom specifies desired page bottom margin after conversion.
• setMarginLeft specifies desired page left margin after conversion.
• setMarginRight specifies desired page right margin after conversion.
• setPdfOptions specifies PDF-specific convert options.
• setRotate specifies page rotation. Available options are: None, On90, On180, On270.

The following code snippet shows how to convert to PDF with advanced options:

import com.groupdocs.conversion.Converter;
import com.groupdocs.conversion.options.convert.PdfConvertOptions;
import com.groupdocs.conversion.options.convert.Rotation;
import com.groupdocs.conversion.options.load.WordProcessingLoadOptions;
...
WordProcessingLoadOptions loadOptions = new WordProcessingLoadOptions();
loadOptions.setPassword("12345");

Converter converter = new Converter("sample.docx");
PdfConvertOptions options = new PdfConvertOptions();
options.setPageNumber(2);
options.setPagesCount(1);
options.setRotate(Rotation.On180);
options.setDpi(300);
options.setWidth(1024);
options.setHeight(768);

converter.convert("converted.pdf", options);

The PdfOptions class provides specific options when converting documents to different versions of PDF format.

• setPdfFormat sets a specific PDF format of the converted document. Available options are: Default, PdfA_1A, PdfA_1B, PdfA_2A, PdfA_3A, PdfA2B, PdfA_2U, PdfA_3B, PdfA_3U, v1_3, v1_4, v1_5, v1_6, v1_7, PdfX_1A, PdfX_3.
• setRemovePdfACompliance removes Pdf-A compliance.
• setZoom specifies the zoom level in percentage.
• setLinearize linearizes a PDF document for web.
• setGrayscale converts a PDF file to grayscale.
• setOptimizationOptions specifies PDF optimization options.
• setFormattingOptions specifies PDF formatting options.

The PdfOptimizationOptions class allows to specify options for adjusting the PDF conversion process and improving its speed.

• setLinkDuplicateStreams removes link duplicate streams.
• setRemoveUnusedObjects removes unused objects.
• setCompressImages whether set to true, all images in the document are re-compressed. The amount of compression and image quality is defined by the setImageQuality.
• setImageQuality specifies value in percent where 100% is unchanged quality and image size. To decrease the image size set this property to less than 100.
• setUnembedFonts makes fonts not embedded.

The PdfFormattingOptions class provides different options to change the document look.

• setCenterWindow specifies whether a position of the document’s window will be centered on the screen.
• setDirection sets reading order of text: L2R (left to right) or R2L (right to left). Available options are: L2R, R2L.
• setDisplayDocTitle specifies whether the document’s window title bar should display the document title.
• setFitWindow specifies whether the document window must be resized to fit the first displayed page.
• setHideMenuBar specifies whether the menu bar should be hidden when the document is active.
• setHideToolBar specifies whether the toolbar should be hidden when the document is active.
• setHideWindowUI specifies whether user interface elements should be hidden when the document is active
• setNonFullScreenPageMode specifies how to display the document on exiting full-screen mode. Available options are: UseNone, UseOutlines, UseThumbs, FullScreen, UseOC, UseAttachments.
• setPageLayout sets page layout which shall be used when the document is opened. Available options are: Default, SinglePage, OneColumn, TwoColumnLeft, TwoColumnRight, TwoPagesLeft, TwoPagesRight.
• setPageMode - specifies how the document should be displayed when opened.