Forum: Ruby Convert .doc to pdf in ruby

Hi all,

Any one have any idea, how to convert .doc to pdf in ruby?

Is there any converter libs are available in Ruby?

Thanks,
Anil

I doubt it. Generally the best way to convert anything to PDF is to
pass it through a "fake printer", like Bullzip PDF Printer. This could
probably somehow be done programatically.

-- Matma Rex

Does this help?
http://www.ruby-forum.com/topic/1296459

I recently authored a blog post, including Ruby sample code, to
demonstrate how to convert to and from common file formats (including
DOC and PDF) using a third party product.

For details see this post:
http://blog.muhimbi.com/2013/03/use-ruby-on-rails-...

Massive disclaimer! I worked on this product so I am obviously biased.

Jeroen R. wrote in post #1100557:
> http://blog.muhimbi.com/2013/03/use-ruby-on-rails-...

Looks interesting, there seems to be a lot of demand for pdf file 
conversions.

You might want to change "Read on the learn more" to "Read on to learn 
more" on that page. And it's a bit ironic that the Developer Guide is 
only available in MS-Word format :)

Doh!

I recently added that intro and, contrary to the rest of the post, I did 
not spell-check it. Its fixed now, thank you so much.

I am aware of the irony of having the guide in MS-Word format, but that 
is a great test document for the converter :-)

Some of the people I deal with like to copy parts of our documentation 
into their own. MS-Word is more suitable than PDF to do this.

I have made a note to publish them in both Word and PDF formats the next 
time an update is released.