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Ringtail
Asked: 2012-03-18 07:45:39 +0800 CST

How to batch convert .doc or .docx to .pdf

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I need to batch convert a set of .doc or .docx files to .pdf in terminal, not using a GUI.

It would be helpful if I could batch-process multiple files.

I would also like to maintain as much meta-data as possible.

command-line pdf batch

4 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    lowriter can be used as a command line tool (lowriter is a part of LibreOffice)

    lowriter --convert-to pdf *.doc
convert /home/bodhi/Documents/testdoc2.doc -> /home/bodhi/Documents/testdoc2.pdf using writer_pdf_Export
convert /home/bodhi/Documents/testdoc.doc -> /home/bodhi/Documents/testdoc.pdf using writer_pdf_Export

evince testdoc.pdf

    I do not have windows, so testdoc download from here

    www.mltweb.com/prof/testdoc.doc

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  2. I use unoconv, which converts all formats supported by LibreOffice.

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  3. I use the following script: 

    for f in *.doc
do
lowriter --headless --convert-to pdf "$f"
done

    --headless will prevent Libreoffice from opening 100s of files and eventually crashing if you try this with directories containing a lot of .doc files

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  4. In my opinion, the best way is with unoconv.

    First install the package:

    sudo apt install unoconv

    and then convert to pdf using this command:

    unoconv -f pdf XXYY.docx

    (Replace XXYY.docx with the name of your file.)

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