Convert DOC to PDF using Zapier – Step-by-Step
- Setup Trigger, select Google Drive as App Event
- Select New File in Folder as the Trigger Event
- Select or connect Google Drive account
- Select the correct Drive and Folder
- Test the trigger
- Setup Action, select PDF.co as App Event
- Choose Anything to PDF Converter as Action Event
- Select or connect PDF.co account
- Setup Action Parameters
- Test action
- Add another action, select PDF.co as App Event
- Select Custom API Call as Action Event
- Select or connect PDF.co account
- Setup the 2nd Action Parameters
- Testing the 2nd action
- Protected PDF Output
- Video Guide
We prepared this step-by-step tutorial with screenshots to teach you how to convert DOC to PDF so that nobody can extract text from it using Zapier.

Start by clicking on Make a Zap! at the upper-left corner of your Zapier dashboard.
Step 1: Setup Trigger, select Google Drive as App Event
Step 2: Select New File in Folder as the Trigger Event
NOTE: For this tutorial, I’m using Google Drive storage. You may also use other cloud storage as your trigger, just look for a similar trigger event.
Step 3: Select or connect Google Drive account
Step 4: Select the correct Drive and Folder
Step 5: Test the trigger
We’re now done setting up the trigger for this Zap. Let’s now move on to the action.
Step 6: Setup Action, select PDF.co as App Event
Step 7: Choose Anything to PDF Converter as Action Event
Step 8: Select or connect PDF.co account
Step 9: Setup Action Parameters
Under Setup Action:
- Set Input type into Link to rtf, doc, docx document or filetoken:// link
- Set Input into Web Content Link or the link to your source file
Step 10: Test action
We’re done with the DOC to PDF conversion. We will now setup the action for adding security.
Step 11: Add another action, select PDF.co as App Event
Step 12: Select Custom API Call as Action Event
Step 13: Select or connect PDF.co account
Step 14: Setup the 2nd Action Parameters
Under Setup Action:
- Set PDF.co API Endpoint to v1/pdf/security/add
- Set URL to 2. URL (URL of the output file from the first action)
- Put the following code into Input JSON field: {
"ownerPassword": "", "userPassword": "", "EncryptionAlgorithm": "AES_128bit", "AllowAccessibilitySupport": true, "AllowAssemblyDocument": false, "AllowPrintDocument": false, "AllowFillForms": false, "AllowModifyDocument": false, "AllowContentExtraction": false, "AllowModifyAnnotations": false, "PrintQuality": "LowResolution", "encrypt": false, "name": "output-protected.pdf", "async": false }
Step 15: Testing the 2nd action
Step 16: Protected PDF Output
This is the Protected PDF Output

In this tutorial, you’ve learned how to convert DOC to PDF so that nobody can extract text from it using Zapier.