Trouble saving DOCX file as PDF: 'Undefined function or variable 'SaveAs2'.'

Hi everyone,

I'm trying to save a DOCX document as PDF programatically from Matlab. I'm running the following code:

wrd = actxserver('word.application');
wrdDoc = wrd.Documents;
wrdFile = wrdDoc.Open('C:\MyFiles\myfile2.docx');
wrdFile.SaveAs2('C:\MyFiles\TestWord.pdf',17);

It gives me the following error: "Undefined function or variable 'SaveAs2'."

What am I doing wrong? All examples are using the SaveAs2 function....

I'm using Matlab 2016b and Word 2013.

Thank you all very much for your time and effort!

[Walter Roberson]

Odd, I see that you are using the same sequence as documented in https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/103861-how-can-i-save-a-word-document-as-a-pdf-via-actxserver-in-matlab-8-2-r2013b

Unfortunately I cannot afford Office so I cannot test this. (The license agreements is distinctly unfavorable if you run on Windows on Virtual Machines like I do.)

[Nikhil Sreekumar]

Hi Aalaas,

I tried your code in MATLAB 2016b and Word 2016. The code works fine for me. I was able to generate the pdf file.

I was able to find a MATLAB Central query on similar lines. Please see if the below link helps:

• DOC/DOCX Publishing, Simulink Error?

Thanks

Nikhil