A basic set of converters are included with Document Conversion Service to provide conversion of the most commonly used document formats. These converters use the concept of application pooling (running multiple instances of each application) to achieve fast document conversion with high throughput and fault tolerance for rogue processes.

To make sure that the converted file matches the original document, the native application used to create the document is the one used to do the conversion. This means that the necessary third-party applications need to be installed and licensed for the converters you need to use. These applications are automatically configured where possible but some applications require other components or custom configuration as outlined in Configuring Third-Party Applications Used by Document Conversion Service.

When started, Document Conversion Service auto-detects what converters can be run based on what applications are installed on the computer. If you do not need support for all of the file types that Document Conversion Service supports the individual converters can be selectively enabled or disabled as required. See Controlling the Converters in the Advanced Configuration section for more information.

 

Installing New Applications

If you install new applications while the Document Conversion Service is running, you will need to restart Document Conversion Service in order to detect and use the new applications.

 

The table below outlines the file types that can be converted and their required application, if needed.

 

Supported Document Type and Converter Name

Third-Party Application

Converter Name: Adobe Acrobat Reader

 

•Adobe PDF Documents ( *.pdf)

Adobe Reader X, XI, DC (32-bit only)

Converter Name: Autodesk Design Review

 

•Design Review Drawings (*.dwf)

Autodesk Design Review 2012-2013, 2018

Converter Name: Autodesk Design Review

 

•AutoCAD Drawings (*.dwg)

Autodesk Design Review 2012-2013 with DWG TrueView 2012-2013 also installed.

Autodesk Design Review 2018 with DWG TrueView 2018 also installed.

Converter Name: Microsoft Excel

 

•Excel Workbooks (*.xlsx, *.xlsm, *.xls)

•Excel Templates (*.xltx, *.xltm, *.xlt)

•Excel Binary Workbook (*.xlsb)

Microsoft Office 2003 SP3

(with Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack)

Microsoft Office 2007 (32-bit and 64-bit)

Microsoft Office 2010 (32-bit and 64-bit)

Microsoft Office 2013 (32-bit and 64-bit)

Microsoft Office 2016 (32-bit and 64-bit)

Microsoft Office 2019 (32-bit and 64-bit)

Microsoft Office 2021 (32-bit and 64-bit)

Converter Name: Ghostscript

 

•Postscript Files (*.ps)

•Encapsulated Postscript Files (.eps)

•Adobe PDF Documents ( *.pdf)

Ghostscript 9.05 or later

(32-bit only)

 

There are known handle leak issues with earlier 9.0X versions of Ghostscript.

Converter Name: PEERNET Image Converter

 

•JPEG images (*.jpg)

•TIFF images (*.tif)

•High Efficiency Image Files (*.heif, *.heic)

•Google WebP Images (*.webp)

•AVIF Images (*.avif)

•Windows Bitmap images (*.bmp)

•ZSoft PCX images (*.pcx)

•ZSoft DCX images (*.dcx)

•CServe Portable Network Graphics images (*.png)

•Graphics Interchange Format image files (*.gif)

•Icon Format (*.ico)

•Windows Media Photo images (*.wdp, *.hdp, *.jxr)

•ImageMagick images (100+ image formats)

Built-in, no additional applications required.

Converter Name: PEERNET Image Converter

 

•DejaVu files(*.djvu)

Requires DjVu Shell Extension Pack

 

Converter Name: PEERNET Image Converter

 

•45+ image formats and 500+ raw digital camera formats

Requires FastPictureViewer Codec Pack

Converter Name: Internet Explorer

 

•HTML Files (*.htm, *.html)

•Secure HTML (*.shtm, *.shtml)

•Web Archive (*.mht)

Internet Explorer 8.0 - 11.0

Converter Name: Microsoft Outlook

 

•Outlook Message Files (*.msg)

•Outlook Templates (*.oft)

•vCard Files (*.vcf)

•vCalendar Appointment Files (*.vcs)

•iCalendar Appointment Files (*.ics)

•Electronic Mail messages (*.eml)

Microsoft Office 2003 (*.oft and *.msg only)

Microsoft Office 2007 (32-bit and 64-bit)

Microsoft Office 2010 (32-bit and 64-bit)

Microsoft Office 2013 (32-bit and 64-bit)

Microsoft Office 2016 (32-bit and 64-bit)

Microsoft Office 2019 (32-bit and 64-bit)

Microsoft Office 2021 (32-bit and 64-bit)

 

Converter Name: Outside-In AX

 

Supports over 500 common file formats; see the documentation that came with your Outside In Technology product.

Oracle Outside In Viewer Technology (ActiveX)

Converter Name: Microsoft PowerPoint

 

•PowerPoint Presentations (*.pptx, *.pptm, *.ppt)

•PowerPoint Shows (*.ppsx, *.ppsm, *.pps)

•PowerPoint Templates (*potx, *.potm, *.pot)

Microsoft Office 2003 SP3

(with Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack)

Microsoft Office 2007 (32-bit and 64-bit)

Microsoft Office 2010 (32-bit and 64-bit)

Microsoft Office 2013 (32-bit and 64-bit)

Microsoft Office 2016 (32-bit and 64-bit)

Microsoft Office 2019 (32-bit and 64-bit)

Microsoft Office 2021 (32-bit and 64-bit)

Converter Name: Microsoft Publisher

 

•Publisher Files (*.pub)

Microsoft Office 2003 SP3

(with Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack)

Microsoft Office 2007 (32-bit and 64-bit)

Microsoft Office 2010 (32-bit and 64-bit)

Microsoft Office 2013 (32-bit and 64-bit)

Microsoft Office 2016 (32-bit and 64-bit)

Microsoft Office 2019 (32-bit and 64-bit)

Microsoft Office 2021 (32-bit and 64-bit)

Converter Name: Microsoft Visio

 

•Visio Drawings (*.vsd)

Microsoft Visio 2003

Microsoft Visio 2007

Microsoft Visio 2010 (32-bit and 64-bit)

Microsoft Visio 2013 (32-bit and 64-bit)

Microsoft Visio 2016 (32-bit and 64-bit)

Converter Name: Microsoft Word

 

•Word Documents (*.docx, *.docm, *.doc)

•Word Templates (*.dotx, *.dotm, *.dot)

•Rich Text Documents (*.rtf)

•Plain Text Files (*.txt)

•Plain Text Log Files (*.log)

Microsoft Office 2003 SP3

(with Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack)

Microsoft Office 2007 (32-bit and 64-bit)

Microsoft Office 2010 (32-bit and 64-bit)

Microsoft Office 2013 (32-bit and 64-bit)

Microsoft Office 2016 (32-bit and 64-bit)

Microsoft Office 2019 (32-bit and 64-bit)

Microsoft Office 2021 (32-bit and 64-bit)

Converter Name: Microsoft XPS

 

•XPS Documents (*.xps)

•Open XPS Documents (*.oxps)

Uses Windows built-in XPS document support, no additional applications required.

Converter Name: PEERNET Passthrough

 

•Any file type

Built-in, passes the file through the system without converting.