iTextSharp - Convert word doc/docx to pdf

Question

I understand iTextSharp can be used for converting a document to pdf.

But first we have to create a document from scratch using iTextSharp.text.Document and then add

Answer 1

Aspose.Words is indeed a good solution, but it doesn't offer perfect fidelity. At the time of writing it has problems with non Roman languages, complex formatting such as floating elements and a number of other problems.

You may want to have a look at this PDF Conversion Web Service that can be used from any Web Services capable environment including Java and .NET.

Note that I worked on this project so the usual disclaimers apply.