# GrapeCity.Documents.Word.GcWordDocumentExt.SaveAsPdf

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<h1 id="GrapeCity_Documents_Word_GcWordDocumentExt_SaveAsPdf_" data-uid="GrapeCity.Documents.Word.GcWordDocumentExt.SaveAsPdf*">SaveAsPdf Method
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<h4 id="GrapeCity_Documents_Word_GcWordDocumentExt_SaveAsPdf_GrapeCity_Documents_Word_GcWordDocument_System_IO_Stream_GrapeCity_Documents_Word_Layout_WordLayoutSettings_GrapeCity_Documents_Word_Layout_PdfOutputSettings_" data-uid="GrapeCity.Documents.Word.GcWordDocumentExt.SaveAsPdf(GrapeCity.Documents.Word.GcWordDocument,System.IO.Stream,GrapeCity.Documents.Word.Layout.WordLayoutSettings,GrapeCity.Documents.Word.Layout.PdfOutputSettings)">SaveAsPdf(GcWordDocument, Stream, WordLayoutSettings, PdfOutputSettings)</h4>
<div class="markdown level1 summary"><p>Saves the current <a class="xref" href="GrapeCity.Documents.Word.GcWordDocument.html">GcWordDocument</a> as PDF to a specified stream.</p>
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<h5 class="declaration">Declaration</h5>
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  <pre><code class="lang-csharp hljs">[Obsolete(&quot;Create GcWordLayout and use its methods instead.&quot;)]
public static void SaveAsPdf(this GcWordDocument source, Stream stream, WordLayoutSettings layoutSettings = null, PdfOutputSettings pdfSettings = null)</code></pre>
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  <pre><code class="lang-vbnet hljs">&lt;Obsolete(&quot;Create GcWordLayout and use its methods instead.&quot;)&gt;
Public Shared Sub SaveAsPdf(source As GcWordDocument, stream As Stream, Optional layoutSettings As WordLayoutSettings = Nothing, Optional pdfSettings As PdfOutputSettings = Nothing)</code></pre>
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<h5 class="parameters">Parameters</h5>
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      <th>Type</th>
      <th>Name</th>
      <th>Description</th>
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      <td><a class="xref" href="GrapeCity.Documents.Word.GcWordDocument.html">GcWordDocument</a></td>
      <td><span class="parametername">source</span></td>
      <td><p>The <a class="xref" href="GrapeCity.Documents.Word.GcWordDocument.html">GcWordDocument</a> instance to convert to PDF.</p>
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      <td><a class="xref" href="https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.io.stream">Stream</a></td>
      <td><span class="parametername">stream</span></td>
      <td><p>The destination stream.</p>
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      <td><a class="xref" href="GrapeCity.Documents.Word.Layout.WordLayoutSettings.html">WordLayoutSettings</a></td>
      <td><span class="parametername">layoutSettings</span></td>
      <td><p>Settings used for layout of a <a class="xref" href="GrapeCity.Documents.Word.GcWordDocument.html">GcWordDocument</a>.</p>
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      <td><a class="xref" href="GrapeCity.Documents.Word.Layout.PdfOutputSettings.html">PdfOutputSettings</a></td>
      <td><span class="parametername">pdfSettings</span></td>
      <td><p>The set of parameters for the output PDF.</p>
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<h5 id="GrapeCity_Documents_Word_GcWordDocumentExt_SaveAsPdf_GrapeCity_Documents_Word_GcWordDocument_System_IO_Stream_GrapeCity_Documents_Word_Layout_WordLayoutSettings_GrapeCity_Documents_Word_Layout_PdfOutputSettings__remarks">Remarks</h5>
<div class="markdown level1 remarks"><p>The new <a class="xref" href="GrapeCity.Documents.Word.Layout.GcWordLayout.html">GcWordLayout</a> class is more efficient and offers more
abilities than this extension method. Use code like the following instead:</p>
<pre><code class="lang-csharp">using (var wl = new GcWordLayout(gcWordDocument, layoutSettings))
{
    wl.SaveAsPdf(stream, null, pdfSettings);
}</code></pre>
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<div class="markdown level1 summary"><p>Saves the current <a class="xref" href="GrapeCity.Documents.Word.GcWordDocument.html">GcWordDocument</a> as PDF to a specified file.</p>
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  <pre><code class="lang-csharp hljs">[Obsolete(&quot;Create GcWordLayout and use its methods instead.&quot;)]
public static void SaveAsPdf(this GcWordDocument source, string filePath, WordLayoutSettings layoutSettings = null, PdfOutputSettings pdfSettings = null)</code></pre>
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  <pre><code class="lang-vbnet hljs">&lt;Obsolete(&quot;Create GcWordLayout and use its methods instead.&quot;)&gt;
Public Shared Sub SaveAsPdf(source As GcWordDocument, filePath As String, Optional layoutSettings As WordLayoutSettings = Nothing, Optional pdfSettings As PdfOutputSettings = Nothing)</code></pre>
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<h5 class="parameters">Parameters</h5>
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      <th>Type</th>
      <th>Name</th>
      <th>Description</th>
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      <td><a class="xref" href="GrapeCity.Documents.Word.GcWordDocument.html">GcWordDocument</a></td>
      <td><span class="parametername">source</span></td>
      <td><p>The <a class="xref" href="GrapeCity.Documents.Word.GcWordDocument.html">GcWordDocument</a> instance to convert to PDF.</p>
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      <td><a class="xref" href="https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.string">string</a></td>
      <td><span class="parametername">filePath</span></td>
      <td><p>Full path to the output file.</p>
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      <td><a class="xref" href="GrapeCity.Documents.Word.Layout.WordLayoutSettings.html">WordLayoutSettings</a></td>
      <td><span class="parametername">layoutSettings</span></td>
      <td><p>Settings used for layout of a <a class="xref" href="GrapeCity.Documents.Word.GcWordDocument.html">GcWordDocument</a>.</p>
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      <td><a class="xref" href="GrapeCity.Documents.Word.Layout.PdfOutputSettings.html">PdfOutputSettings</a></td>
      <td><span class="parametername">pdfSettings</span></td>
      <td><p>The set of parameters for the output PDF.</p>
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<h5 id="GrapeCity_Documents_Word_GcWordDocumentExt_SaveAsPdf_GrapeCity_Documents_Word_GcWordDocument_System_String_GrapeCity_Documents_Word_Layout_WordLayoutSettings_GrapeCity_Documents_Word_Layout_PdfOutputSettings__remarks">Remarks</h5>
<div class="markdown level1 remarks"><p>The new <a class="xref" href="GrapeCity.Documents.Word.Layout.GcWordLayout.html">GcWordLayout</a> class is more efficient and offers more
abilities than this extension method. Use code like the following instead:</p>
<pre><code class="lang-csharp">using (var wl = new GcWordLayout(gcWordDocument, layoutSettings))
{
    wl.SaveAsPdf(filePath, null, pdfSettings);
}</code></pre>
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