Convert Microsoft Word document to PDF using Python

Question

I have tons of Word and Excel files. I want to convert many Word files in folders by sub folders to PDF, and I try following code.

This code is not active (I mean there aren't Word convert to PDF) although no error.

What could be the problem? Is there another solution?

This is my code:

import os
from win32com import client
path = 'D:\programing\test'
word_file_names = []
word = client.DispatchEx("Word.Application")
for dirpath, dirnames, filenames in os.walk(path):
    print (dirpath)
    for f in filenames:
        if f.lower().endswith(".docx") and re.search('Addendum', f):
            new_name = f.replace(".docx", r".pdf")
            in_file = word_file_names.append(dirpath + "\\" + f)
            new_file = word_file_names.append(dirpath + "\\" + new_name)
            doc = word.Documents.Open(in_file)
            doc.SaveAs(new_file, FileFormat = 17)
            doc.Close()
        if f.lower().endswith(".doc") and re.search('Addendum', f):
            new_name = f.replace(".doc", r".pdf")
            in_file = word_file_names.append(dirpath + "\\" + f)
            new_file = word_file_names.append(dirpath + "\\" + new_name)
            doc = word.Documents.Open(in_file)
            doc.SaveAs(new_file, FileFormat = 17)
            doc.Close()
    word.Quit()

This question has been answered before and this may help you: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6011115/doc-to-pdf-using-python — liagason, Oct 31 '18 at 06:37
Is there any output at all? Can you show the stuff being printed? Have you tried running this in a debugger? — OneCricketeer, Oct 31 '18 at 08:01
You have commented out the `except` block, are you sure the code is not throwing any error? — Ankit Jaiswal, Oct 31 '18 at 10:12
ok ankit , i have summarized my code for important thing only (look agin), if you can help — Youssri Abo Elseod, Oct 31 '18 at 10:23

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 02 '20 at 07:59

2

This is way easier:

from docx2pdf import convert

convert(word_path, pdf_path)

answered Nov 02 '20 at 07:59

pyroshark

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ps, this needs microsoft word to be installed to work. otherwise, was exactly what i was looking for. – Alvin Wanda Feb 10 '21 at 11:58
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You can use 'convert(Output_folder)' to convert all word files in a folder – PyMatFlow Aug 04 '22 at 10:36
Do you have any idea about how to export with Bookmarks? This is an option when exporting from Word, but not sure if this option exists within win32. – Mxblsdl Oct 06 '22 at 22:08

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 12 '19 at 03:56

You can use comtypes,

from comtypes.client import CreateObject
import os

folder = "folder path"
wdToPDF = CreateObject("Word.Application")
wdFormatPDF = 17
files = os.listdir(folder)
word_files = [f for f in files if f.endswith((".doc", ".docx"))]
for word_file in word_files:
    word_path = os.path.join(folder, word_file)
    pdf_path = word_path
    if pdf_path[-3:] != 'pdf':
        pdf_path = pdf_path + ".pdf"

    if os.path.exists(pdf_path):
        os.remove(pdf_path)

    pdfCreate = wdToPDF.Documents.Open(word_path)
    pdfCreate.SaveAs(pdf_path, wdFormatPDF)

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 01 '18 at 10:54

i solved this problem and fixed the code has following

import os
import win32com.client
import re
path = (r'D:\programing\test')
word_file_names = []
word = win32com.client.Dispatch('Word.Application')
for dirpath, dirnames, filenames in os.walk(path):
    for f in filenames:  
        if f.lower().endswith(".docx") :
            new_name = f.replace(".docx", ".pdf")
            in_file =(dirpath + '/'+ f)
            new_file =(dirpath + '/' + new_name)
            doc = word.Documents.Open(in_file)
            doc.SaveAs(new_file, FileFormat = 17)
            doc.Close()
        if f.lower().endswith(".doc"):
            new_name = f.replace(".doc", ".pdf")
            in_file =(dirpath +'/' + f)
            new_file =(dirpath +'/' + new_name)
            doc = word.Documents.Open(in_file)
            doc.SaveAs(new_file, FileFormat = 17)
            doc.Close()
word.Quit()

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