Convert Office Files to PDF in Power Apps

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Implementation Steps

1. Store Files in SharePoint Document Library
   Ensure your Word, Power Point, and Excel files are stored in a SharePoint document library. This library will serve as the data source for the Power App.
2. Create a Connection in Power Apps
   1. Open Power Apps and create a new app or open an existing one.
   2. Go to the Data tab and click Add data.
   3. Search for SharePoint and select it.
   4. Connect to your SharePoint site and select the document library where your files are stored.
3. Create a Gallery Connected to SharePoint
   1. Add a Gallery control to your app.
   2. Set the Items property of the Gallery to the SharePoint document library connection you created.
   3. Customize the Gallery to display relevant information, such as the document title or name.
      1. Example: Filter the gallery Items to show only Word, Excel, and PPTs
         Filter(Documents, Last(Split('File name with extension', ".")) in ["docx", "xlsx", "pptx"])
         
4. Covert and download PDF version of files
   1. Add a Download button in gallery
   2. In OnSelect property of button, use below expression
      

      Download(Substitute(ThisItem.Thumbnail.Large, "/thumbnail", "/pdf"))

      
5. Output: 

   Click Download button to get the PDF version of Word, Excel, or PPT files.