Office conversion

Office layout shifted after PDF conversion

Office-to-PDF conversion is layout-sensitive. Fonts, images, tables, margins, print areas, charts, slides, and application differences can all change the final PDF.

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What to know

1

Fonts and themes can substitute

If the worker environment does not have the same fonts or theme behavior as the source editor, text can reflow. Use font and theme reports before conversion when layout matters.

2

Tables, sheets, and slides need visual review

Wide tables, spreadsheet print areas, charts, images, custom slide sizes, and media placeholders can shift even when the conversion succeeds. Open every output page before sending.

3

DOCX package signals help before upload

Section layout, headers, footers, field codes, comments, tracked changes, images, and embedded relationships are useful preflight signals before running a temporary conversion job.

4

Keep conversion as a final-copy step

Fix the source document first, convert second, then review the PDF output for page count, page size, links, metadata, and file size before handoff.

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