APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DOCUMENT FORMAT CONVERSION

An apparatus and method for document format conversion. The apparatus includes a document parsing unit for parsing a fixed layout document to acquire path primitives of the document; a path grouping unit for dividing the path primitives into groups to generate path groups; a font file generating unit for acquiring path groups that are used to represent characters and generating font files corresponding to the path groups, wherein if there are two or more path groups representing the same character, only one font file is generated and associated with the multiple path groups representing the same character; a document generating unit for generating a converted document using all font files that have been generated. With the above, the problem of data redundancy in fixed layout documents is solved; further, the incorrect rending in reflowing processes may be solved to achieve better display effects.