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I'm struggling to find a solution that will allow me to convert a DOCX file to a PDF without losing or malforming the formatting of the document on CentOS 5.7. I have tried CUPS-PDF but it doesn't work; spool files appear in the /var/spool folder but nothing happens after that. OpenOffice and LibreOffice converted a DOCX to PDF but the formatting was all wrong.

However if I print the DOCX to a Windows PDF printer from my Windows 7 workstation, it outputs to PDF absolutely fine. So why can't Linux do the same?

I tried to print via CUPS to the Windows PDF printer (shared) but the document appears in the queue as "Remote Downlevel Document" and doesn't print. This only happens when I print from Linux.

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People may be able to help if you can post a URL to the smallest possible DOCX you can create that displays the problem. Also state exactly what formatting is lost/incorrect. – RedGrittyBrick Nov 25 '11 at 19:37
In Windows, are you using Microsoft Word? If so, using OpenOffice or LibreOffice in Linux could make a huge difference. – fideli Nov 25 '11 at 23:30
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