Generate documents thumbnails (PDF, Word, Spreadsheets, etc.) from within PHP

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Hello guys,

I was wondering if there is there is a way to create thumbnails for different types of documents, for instance PDF documents, Word Documents, Spreadsheets, etc, not only for the images, from within PHP?

If this would be to hard to accomplish, I would also be interested in a way to achieve something similar only for PDF documents instead.

Thank you in advance, Constantin TOVISI

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