Convert each PDF page to separate DOCX documents in C# and .NET


PDF processing has become an integral part of modern document automation solutions. One common task is splitting PDFs into individual pages and converting them to a more editable format, such as DOCX. In this guide, we'll detail how to automatically convert each PDF page into a separate DOCX document using the PDF Focus .NET component of the popular SautinSoft library.

Using this method offers several advantages:

  • Automation: quickly split large PDFs into smaller documents without manual intervention.
  • Editability: the resulting DOCX documents are easy to refine and edit.
  • Compatibility: the DOCX format is widely supported by many editors.
  • Efficiency: reduces the time spent preparing documents from PDFs.

The mechanism for splitting and converting PDF pages into individual DOCX documents is especially useful for:

  • Automatic processing of legal and financial documents.
  • Creating reports where each page is a separate document.
  • Importing PDF reports into systems such as Word documents for further editing.
  • Processing large PDF batches for page splitting.

This simple Console App shows how to convert each page of PDF document into a separate DOCX file with the name "{filename} - page {number}.docx".

Complete code

using System;
using System.IO;

namespace Sample
{
    class Sample
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            // Before starting, we recommend to get a free key:
            // https://sautinsoft.com/start-for-free/
            
            // Apply the key here:
            // SautinSoft.PdfFocus.SetLicense("...");
			
            // Convert whole PDF document to separate Word documents.
            // Each PDF page will be converted to a single Word document.

            // Path to a PDF file.
            string pdfPath = Path.GetFullPath(@"..\..\..\simple text.pdf");

            // Directory to store Word documents.
            string docxDir = Directory.GetCurrentDirectory();
			
            SautinSoft.PdfFocus f = new SautinSoft.PdfFocus();

            f.OpenPdf(pdfPath);

            // Convert each PDF page to separate Word document.
            // simple text - page 1.docx, simple text- page 2.docx ... simple text - page N.doc.
            for (int page = 1; page <= f.PageCount; page++)
            {
                // You may select between Docx and Rtf formats.
                f.WordOptions.Format = SautinSoft.PdfFocus.CWordOptions.eWordDocument.Docx;

                byte [] docxBytes = f.ToWord(page, page);

                string tempName = Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(pdfPath) + String.Format(" - page {0}.docx", page);
                string docxPath = Path.Combine(docxDir, tempName);
                File.WriteAllBytes(docxPath, docxBytes);

                // Let's show first and last Word pages.
                if (page == 1 || page==f.PageCount)
                    System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(new System.Diagnostics.ProcessStartInfo(docxPath) { UseShellExecute = true });
            }
        }
    }
}

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Imports System.IO
Imports System.Drawing.Imaging
Imports System.Collections.Generic
Imports SautinSoft

Module Sample

    Sub Main()
        ' Before starting, we recommend to get a free key:
        ' https://sautinsoft.com/start-for-free/

        ' Apply the key here
        ' SautinSoft.PdfFocus.SetLicense("...");

        ' Convert whole PDF document to separate Word documents.
        ' Each PDF page will be converted to a single Word document.

        ' Path to a PDF file.
        Dim pdfPath As String = Path.GetFullPath("..\..\..\simple text.pdf")

        ' Directory to store Word documents.
        Dim docxDir As String = Directory.GetCurrentDirectory()
		
        Dim f As New SautinSoft.PdfFocus()

        f.OpenPdf(pdfPath)

        ' Convert each PDF page to separate Word document.
        ' simple text - page 1.docx, simple text- page 2.docx ... simple text - page N.doc.
        For page As Integer = 1 To f.PageCount

            ' You may select between Docx and Rtf formats.
            f.WordOptions.Format = SautinSoft.PdfFocus.CWordOptions.eWordDocument.Docx

            Dim docxBytes() As Byte = f.ToWord(page, page)

            Dim tempName As String = Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(pdfPath) & String.Format(" - page {0}.docx", page)
            Dim docxPath As String = Path.Combine(docxDir, tempName)
            File.WriteAllBytes(docxPath, docxBytes)

            ' Let's show first and last Word pages.
            If page = 1 OrElse page = f.PageCount Then
                System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(New System.Diagnostics.ProcessStartInfo(docxPath) With {.UseShellExecute = True})
            End If
        Next page
    End Sub
End Module

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