MOSS Document Converter

Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS) Document Converter will work with Word & Excel 2007 on the server.

Converting Office 2003 file-types (.doc, .xls) to .pdf and .xps could easily be altered to work for .docx and .xlsx file-types.

Desktop Automation on the Server: Previously, using office 2003 on the server to print out PDF files had problems. For example, if a dialog box pops up and no user is there to click 'ok' the instance will not close, additional conversions launch additional instances until the server grinds to a halt. And 3rd party print drivers can get jammed up at high volume.

These long standing problems seem a lot better with Office 2007 than with Office 2003. Aside from the built in 'export to pdf' functionality in Office 2007, I am not sure what all is different. I suspect that the com interop assemblies manage the offices resources better in Office 2007.

Requirements:

￭ Requires Word 2007 to be installed on the server ￭ Microsoft Office SharePoint Server