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Bulk-Creating PDF Files from Word

Aman Dhally

 

PowerTip of the Day, from PowerShell.com:

 

To convert a whole folder full of MS Word documents to PDF, here’s a function that might help:

function Export-WordToPDF {

  param(

  [Parameter(Mandatory=$true,ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName=$true)]

  [Alias(“FullName”)]

  $path,

  $pdfpath = $null)

  process {

    if (!$pdfpath) {

      $pdfpath = [System.IO.Path]::ChangeExtension($path, ‘.pdf’)

    }

    $word = New-Object -ComObject Word.Application

    $word.displayAlerts = $false

   

    $word.Visible = $true

    $doc = $word.Documents.Open($path)

    #$doc.TrackRevisions = $false

    $null = $word.ActiveDocument.ExportAsFixedFormat($pdfpath, 17, $false, 1)

    $word.ActiveDocument.Close()

    $word.Quit()

  }

}

Use it like this:

PS> Dir c:\folder -Filter *.doc | Export-WordToPDF

Thanks

3 thoughts on “Bulk-Creating PDF Files from Word”

  2. This post explains how you convert entire Word file into PDF file. The program given for conversion is not very difficult. All you need to do is just understand the basic logic behind the given program. This post is very useful. Thanks for sharing this idea with us.
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