Word Automation ServicesFile conversions on the server

K. Mohamed Faizal Lead Consultant , NCS (P) Ltd.

13th Jun 2011 @ SharePointPro.SG

About Me…

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Office 2010 FeaturesO SharePoint 2010 New Word 2010

FeaturesO Co-Authoring O Office web applicationsO Word Automation Services

Word Automation Service

O Most request function by Enterprise customers

O SharePoint 2010 enable you create PDF/XML/XPS/word/formats document on server.

Word Automation Service

O Most wanted features by customers O Beyond desktopO Server side conversions of Open XML

files (.docx) into fixed formats (PDF and XPS)

Word Automation Services?

O Brand new to Office 2010 (SharePoint)

O 100% fidelity server-side renderingO Right down to the last pixel!

O File | Save As on the serverO Read/write any format understood by

Word clientO High volume throughput with

scalabilityO Printing on server through PDF/XPS

Word Automation Services?

O Word Automation Services allows you to perform file operations on the server that previously required automating desktop Word:O Converting between document formats

(e.g. DOC to DOCX)O Converting to fixed formats (e.g. PDF or

XPS)O Updating fieldsO Importing "alternate format chunks"O Etc.

Word Automation Services Architecture

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Performance of Document Conversion (to PDF)

Word Automation ServicesWord 2007Competitor

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Word Automation Services Performance

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Word Automation Services

20-30 7,200 172,800

Word 2007 ~5-7 900 21,600

Competitor 0.333 120 2,880

Supported FormatsO Filetypes it can open include:

O .docx, .docm, .dotx, .dotm, .doc, .dot, .rtf, .mht, .mhtml, .xml (Word xml)

O Filetypes it can save as include:O .docx, .docm, .dotx, .dotm, .doc, .dot,

.rtf, .mht, .mhtml, .xml (Word xml), PDF, XPS

SolutionO Word Automation Services in the

Sandbox.O NO…. NO… NO… O It must be as a Farm Solution.

APIO In the API for Word Automation

Services you’ll find a few different ways to convert documents including:O AddFile()O AddFolder()O AddLibrary()

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Word Automation

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Event Receiver

DemoO Event Receiver O Microsoft.word.serverO AddFiles O Conversion Job O Conversion Job Settings O Conversion Job Status

Introducing Word Automation Services

Demo

Key Takeaways

O Word Automation Services = server-ready version of Word

O Fast!O 100% fidelity with clientO Word Automation Services provides:

O LayoutO Export to fixed formatO File conversionO Complex field calculation

References O Word Automation ServicesO http

://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee558278.aspxO Get-SPScripts : PowerShell Scripts for

SharePointO http://get-spscripts.com/2010/11/convert-word-docu

ments-to-pdf-in.htmlO SP 2010: Developing with the Word Automation

Services in SharePoint Server 2010 O http://

www.zimmergren.net/archive/2010/08/30/sp-2010-developing-with-the-word-automation-services-in-sharepoint-server-2010.aspx

O Word Automation Services: What It DoesO http

://blogs.office.com/b/microsoft-word/archive/2009/12/16/word-automation-services_3a00_-what-it-does.aspx

Date : 26th Jan 2011 Location : Microsoft Singapore   Level 21 AuditoriumTime : 7:00pm to 9:30pm

Session Agenda

Building, deploying, and managing Windows Azure ApplicationsWely, Solution Architect (Azure MVP)  - NCS (P) Ltd.

Exploring Windows Azure Storage K.Mohamed Faizal, Lead Consultant - NCS (P) Ltd.

To register for the UG contact @ kmdfaizal@yahoo.com