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last_updated: "2026-05-28T01:45:39.246Z"
description: "How to convert Word documents with comments to PDF using Nutrient .NET SDK."
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# Converting Word documents with comments to PDF

Word documents often include reviewer comments and tracked changes. Converting these files to PDF without configuring markup settings drops review context from the output.

This guide shows how to convert a DOCX file to PDF while preserving comments and tracked changes based on the selected markup mode.

## Prepare the project

Register the SDK license before running conversion operations. For setup details, refer to the [getting started with.NET SDK](https://www.nutrient.io/sdk/dotnet/getting-started.md) guide.

```csharp

using GdPicture14;

LicenseManager licence = new LicenseManager();
licence.RegisterKEY("");

```

## Configure comment preservation

Create a `GdPictureDocumentConverter` instance:

```csharp

using GdPictureDocumentConverter converter = new GdPictureDocumentConverter();

```

Set the markup mode to include all markup in the PDF output:

```csharp

converter.DocumentMarkupMode = DocumentMarkupMode.AllMarkup;

```

The converter supports the following markup modes:

- `AllMarkup` — Shows tracked changes with visual markup and converts comments to annotations.

- `SimpleMarkup` — Shows accepted document content and converts comments to annotations.

- `NoMarkup` — Shows accepted document content without comment annotations.

- `Original` — Shows original content as if tracked changes were rejected, and excludes comments.

## Convert the document

Load the DOCX file:

```csharp

converter.LoadFromFile(@"input_with_comments.docx");

```

For available converter methods, refer to the [API reference guide](https://www.nutrient.io/api/gdpicture/GdPicture.NET.14.API~GdPicture14.GdPictureDocumentConverter_methods.html).

Save the PDF output:

```csharp

converter.SaveAsPDF(@"output.pdf");

```

## Handle errors

`LoadFromFile` and `SaveAsPDF` return `GdPictureStatus` values. Use those values in your error-handling flow. For status-handling patterns, refer to the [handling errors with.NET SDK](https://www.nutrient.io/guides/dotnet/best-practices.md#error-handling) guide.

## Conclusion

This workflow converts a DOCX file to PDF while preserving review context through configurable markup output.
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