Solved Word to PDF converter ...
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Does anyone know a good open source docx to pdf converter for Windows?
I have a user that wants to be able to bulk select multiple MS Word files and convert them to individual PDFs.
I found this tool which looks to do what I want but I can't find much else about it so I'm hesitant to install:
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@BraswellJay said in Word to PDF converter ...:
@Obsolesce said in Word to PDF converter ...:
@BraswellJay you don't need one with word. In Word, just export as pdf.
I can't do that in bulk that way though, can I?
My user may have 50 or so word files and she wants to convert them all to separate PDFs without having to open each one individually in word.
I thought there may be a tool that would just let her bulk select all and convert them all at once.
You can do it with PowerShell. Make a simple script for the user to run.
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@BraswellJay you don't need one with word. In Word, just export as pdf.
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@Obsolesce said in Word to PDF converter ...:
@BraswellJay you don't need one with word. In Word, just export as pdf.
I can't do that in bulk that way though, can I?
My user may have 50 or so word files and she wants to convert them all to separate PDFs without having to open each one individually in word.
I thought there may be a tool that would just let her bulk select all and convert them all at once.
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@BraswellJay said in Word to PDF converter ...:
@Obsolesce said in Word to PDF converter ...:
@BraswellJay you don't need one with word. In Word, just export as pdf.
I can't do that in bulk that way though, can I?
My user may have 50 or so word files and she wants to convert them all to separate PDFs without having to open each one individually in word.
I thought there may be a tool that would just let her bulk select all and convert them all at once.
You can do it with PowerShell. Make a simple script for the user to run.
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@Obsolesce said in Word to PDF converter ...:
@BraswellJay said in Word to PDF converter ...:
@Obsolesce said in Word to PDF converter ...:
@BraswellJay you don't need one with word. In Word, just export as pdf.
I can't do that in bulk that way though, can I?
My user may have 50 or so word files and she wants to convert them all to separate PDFs without having to open each one individually in word.
I thought there may be a tool that would just let her bulk select all and convert them all at once.
You can do it with PowerShell. Make a simple script for the user to run.
Powershell for the win! Nicely done.
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With libreoffice you can do batch conversion to pdf immediately from the command line like this:
From odt to pdf:
"C:\Program Files\LibreOffice\program\swriter.exe" --headless --convert-to pdf *.odtReplace *.odt with whatever format and wildcard you need.
From docx to pdf:
"C:\Program Files\LibreOffice\program\swriter.exe" --headless --convert-to pdf *.docxWorks the same on linux.
Replace the path to LibreOffice with whatever you have. Above is default for Windows.
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@Obsolesce said in Word to PDF converter ...:
@BraswellJay said in Word to PDF converter ...:
@Obsolesce said in Word to PDF converter ...:
@BraswellJay you don't need one with word. In Word, just export as pdf.
I can't do that in bulk that way though, can I?
My user may have 50 or so word files and she wants to convert them all to separate PDFs without having to open each one individually in word.
I thought there may be a tool that would just let her bulk select all and convert them all at once.
You can do it with PowerShell. Make a simple script for the user to run.
Here's one resource that works:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/16534292/basic-powershell-batch-convert-word-docx-to-pdf
