Docx4j: Convert to PDF, formatting problems

[AndyRandy]

Hello

I am writing a Java application which should convert a DOCX to a PDF file. Unfortunately, the output file ignores certain formats from the docx-file such as:

1. centered header image (jpg), output is left aligned
2. columns from docx are ignored, pdf writes text underneath

I am using these lines of code for conversion:

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File pdffile = new File(temp+"/_"+FilenameUtils.removeExtension(file.getName())+".pdf");
OutputStream os = null;
WordprocessingMLPackage document = WordprocessingMLPackage.load(file);
Mapper fontMapper = new IdentityPlusMapper();
document.setFontMapper(fontMapper);
File folder = Systemkit.createRandomDirectory("tmp/files/");
FOSettings fo = Docx4J.createFOSettings();
fo.setFoDumpFile(new File(folder.getAbsolutePath()+"/"+"report.fo"));
fo.setWmlPackage(document);
os = new FileOutputStream(pdffile);
Docx4J.toFO(fo, os, Docx4J.FLAG_EXPORT_PREFER_XSL);

Is there a possibility to handle these formats either by changing the input file or changing the pdf converter options?

Thanks for your help.

[jason]

1. centered header image (jpg), output is left aligned

Your image is absolutely positioned:

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      <w:drawing>
        <wp:anchor distT="0" distB="0" distL="114300" distR="114300" simplePos="0" relativeHeight="251659264"
                  behindDoc="0" locked="0" layoutInCell="1" allowOverlap="1">
          <wp:simplePos x="0" y="0"/>
          <wp:positionH relativeFrom="page">
            <wp:posOffset>2682240</wp:posOffset>
          </wp:positionH>
          <wp:positionV relativeFrom="paragraph">
            <wp:posOffset>-71120</wp:posOffset>
          </wp:positionV>
          <wp:extent cx="2753995" cy="524510"/>
          <wp:effectExtent l="0" t="0" r="8255" b="8890"/>
          <wp:wrapSquare wrapText="bothSides"/>
 

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We have some support for floating text boxes in FOPictWriterAbstract, but not images.

Some support for floating images would be possible, but (as with text boxes) it would be limited by XSL FO particularly with FOP.

You could try using a table to centre the image.

columns from docx are ignored, pdf writes text underneath

We don't support that yet. To track it, I've added https://github.com/plutext/docx4j/issues/117

[AndyRandy]

Thanks for your reply.

In this case, I have to adjust my docx files for now. Looking forward to see this support in a future release.