The image showing in docx file is not visible in pdf when converted using unoconv

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The image showing in docx file is not visible in pdf when converted using unoconv where the image is displayed using

$document = new \PhpOffice\PhpWord1\TemplateProcessor($docx_temp_file_path);
$imagePath = '/abc.png';
if (file_exists($imagePath)) {
    $document->setImageValue($key, $imagePath);
}

Here is the unoconv code

public function docxToPdf( $docx_file_path, $pdf_file_path )
{
    $pythonPath = '/usr/bin/python';
    $unoconvPath = '/usr/bin/unoconv';
    $command = sprintf(
        '"%s" "%s" -f pdf "%s" 2>&1', 
        $pythonPath,
        $unoconvPath,
        $docx_file_path
    );

    exec($command, $output, $return);
    //
    if (is_array($output) && !empty($output[0])) {
        throw new Exception(json_encode(implode('; ', $output), true));
    }
    return true;
}

Here am attaching sample link of docx filedocx file

If you open the generated Word file with LibreOffice, do you see the image? — Olivier
– Olivier, Commented Jan 14 at 7:48
@Olivier No but when i open through Microsoft word i can see the image — user_777
– user_777, Commented Jan 14 at 12:08
Have you tried running unoconv in terminal? unoconv -f pdf "GeneratedDocument.docx" 2>&1 — shirshak007
– shirshak007, Commented Jan 14 at 12:31
Can you share the Word file (it can be a simple test file, not the real one)? — Olivier
– Olivier, Commented Jan 15 at 8:18

Olivier · Accepted Answer · 2025-01-16 11:39:31Z

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Your generated Word document contains 3 images in the page footer. The footer1.xml file contains this:

<w:pict><v:shape type="#_x0000_t75" style="width:;height:70px" stroked="f"><v:imagedata r:id="rId1" o:title=""/></v:shape></w:pict>
<w:pict><v:shape type="#_x0000_t75" style="width:;height:70px" stroked="f"><v:imagedata r:id="rId3" o:title=""/></v:shape></w:pict>
<w:pict><v:shape type="#_x0000_t75" style="width:;height:70px" stroked="f"><v:imagedata r:id="rId2" o:title=""/></v:shape></w:pict>

All images have this style:

width:;height:70px

As you can see, the width is missing. In that case, Word uses a default value, but LibreOffice doesn't show the image. Since unoconv uses LibreOffice to convert to PDF, the images are missing in the resulting document.

I could reproduce the issue by specifying this in the template:

${key::70:false}

You can fix it either by specifying the width:

${key:70:70:false}

or by removing the ratio parameter:

${key::70}

answered Jan 16 at 11:39

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user_777 Jan 17 at 5:06

You saved my day thanks a lot and I can't express my happiness you did a great job

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