Drawing Object Features Supported on PDF Export

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Images

All images are exported as the same format that they were originally loaded as.

Feature	Supported	Comment	See Also
PNG	Yes
JPG	Yes
WMF	Yes	There is a save option to control exporting metafiles to PDF as vector images or to rasterize them first.	- PdfSaveOptions.MetafileRenderingMode
EMF	Yes
EMF+	Yes
BMP	Yes
GIF	Yes
TIFF	Yes
Borders	Yes
Cropping	Yes
Alternative text	Planned	It is planned to export alternative text to PDF if the input image cannot be located during rendering.

Image Recoloring

Feature	Supported	Comment	See Also
Brightness	Yes
Contrast	Yes
Recolor	Yes

Textboxes

Feature	Supported	Comment	See Also
Text Direction	Yes
Linked Textboxes	Planned	Linked text boxes are currently unsupported when rendering to PDF.
Internal Margins	Yes
Vertical Alignment	Yes
Resize To Fit Text	Yes
Text in Other Shapes	Yes

OLE Objects

OLE Objects represent embedded content in a Microsoft Word document, such as an embedded Excel or Powerpoint document. The OLE object is dynamic and can be edited or updated through Microsoft Word.

OLE objects are fully preserved when converting within different Word document formats.

OLE objects are saved as images.

Feature	Supported	Comment	See Also
Linked	N/A
Embedded	N/A
Draw Aspect	N/A
Auto Update	N/A
Lock	N/A
Ole Object Data	N/A
Ole Object Picture	Yes
Source Range	N/A

ActiveX Controls

Output as a regular image.

Feature	Supported	Comment	See Also
Persistent Properties Storage	N/A

Shapes

Feature	Supported	Comment	See Also
Lines	Yes
Basic Shapes	Yes
Block Arrows	Yes
Flowcharts	Yes
Callouts	Yes
Stars and Banners	Yes
Group Shape	Yes
Drawing Canvas	Yes
Signature Line	N/A	PDF does not have any signature line feature. A signature line is exported as a regular image. Only the original part of the signature is exported, any signed component of the signature is not rendered.
Ink Annotation	Yes	Ink Annotations are exported to all formats as regular images.
Clip Art	Yes
Diagrams (VML)	Yes	VML graphic format is normally used in pre-OOXML formats such as DOC or RTF.
SmartArt (VML)	Yes
Charts (VML)	Yes
Shape Customizations	Yes
Hyperlink on Shape	Yes
Watermark	Yes	A watermark in a Microsoft Word document is actually a text shape or image centered in the middle of the page but in the header or footer. This allows the watermark to appear behind all content and as faded.

WordArt

Feature	Supported	Comment	See Also
Styles	Yes
Outline	Yes
Fill	Yes
3D Properties	Planned
Text Spacing	Planned
Vertical Text	Planned	Exported as rotated text.
Even Height	Planned
Align and Justify Text	Planned
WordArt Shape	Yes	Only some shapes are supported.

Horizontal Line Object

Feature	Supported	Comment	See Also
Width	Yes
Height	Yes
Color	Yes
Alignment	Yes
Hyperlink	Yes	Hyperlink preserved on export to PDF.
Image	Yes

Position

Feature	Supported	Comment	See Also
Inline	Yes
Floating	Yes	Floating content is exported well during rendering. Currently floating shapes may not be properly positioned when the anchor is nested in a cell, belongs to a wrapped line or belongs to a paragraph with first/hanging indents, or to a 2nd column on the page, and other advanced layouts. This may cause some content to overlap in the rendered output. This is being worked on and improvements are included with each release.
Wrap Type	Yes	Text wrapping around images and shapes is supported in all formats. The following wrap types are fully supported upon rendering: - Square - Top and Bottom - Behind Text - Infront of Text - Inline with Text The following wrap types are currently unsupported: - Tight - Through These wrap types are rare and most of the time do not have any visible difference when compared to Square wrapping. The only time you really see differences if text is wrapped around complex objects e.g a Star shaped AutoShape. These two wrap types will be supported in a future version. Currently they are exported as “Square” wrapping which produces very close output.
Wrap Sides	Planned	Both sides is the only Wrap Sides option supported at the moment. Other types such as Left Only, Right Only, Largest Only are currently unsupported as are exported as “Both sides” wrapping. These wrap types will be supported in a future version.
Distance from Text	Yes
Z-Order	Yes
Polygon Wrap Points	Planned	Custom wrap points are lost on export. This will be implemented in a future version. Exported as “Square” wrap type.
Rotation	Yes
Flip	Yes
Horizontal Alignment	Yes
Horizontal Position Relative To	Yes
Vertical Alignment	Yes
Vertical Position Relative To	Yes
Anchor Lock	N/A
Allow Overlap	Yes
Layout in Table Cell	Yes

Size

Feature	Supported	Comment	See Also
Width and Height	Yes
Scale	Yes	A scaled object is normally exported with scaling applied to the Shape size and the Scale property reset to 100%.
Relative Size	Yes
Lock Aspect Ratio	Yes

Fill

Feature	Supported	Comment	See Also
No Fill	Yes
Solid Fill	Yes
Gradient Fill	Yes
Pattern Fill	Yes
Picture or Texture Fill	Yes

Line Style

Feature	Supported	Comment	See Also
Line Color	Yes
Line Fill	Yes
Line Width	Yes
Compound Type	Yes
Dash Type	Yes
Cap Type	Yes
Join Type	Yes
Arrow Settings	Yes

Shadow

Shadow on shape is currently lost upon rendering to PDF.

Feature	Supported	Comment	See Also
Shadow	Planned

3D Properties

3D properties are currently lost upon rendering.

Feature	Supported	Comment	See Also
3D Properties	Planned