{"id":1951,"date":"2020-07-20T13:35:57","date_gmt":"2020-07-20T20:35:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/SUMMALAI.COM\/?p=1951"},"modified":"2020-07-20T13:35:58","modified_gmt":"2020-07-20T20:35:58","slug":"how-to-batch-convert-word-documents-to-pdf-files","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/SUMMALAI.COM\/?p=1951","title":{"rendered":"How to Batch Convert Word Documents to PDF Files"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Method 1: Using a custom VBScript<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Microsoft Office has automation or scripting support. Using a VBScript, you can bulk convert Word documents to PDF. Here is a simple script I wrote to do the job:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

'Convert .doc or .docx to .pdf files via Send To menu\nSet fso = CreateObject(\"Scripting.FileSystemObject\")\nFor i= 0 To WScript.Arguments.Count -1\n   docPath = WScript.Arguments(i)\n   docPath = fso.GetAbsolutePathName(docPath)\n   If LCase(Right(docPath, 4)) = \".doc\" Or LCase(Right(docPath, 5)) = \".docx\" Then\n      Set objWord = CreateObject(\"Word.Application\")\n      pdfPath = fso.GetParentFolderName(docPath) & \"\\\" & _\n\tfso.GetBaseName(docpath) & \".pdf\"\n      objWord.Visible = False\n      Set objDoc = objWord.documents.open(docPath)\n      objDoc.saveas pdfPath, 17\n      objDoc.Close\n      objWord.Quit   \n   End If   \nNext\n<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Convert Word documents to PDF using VBScript<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
  1. Copy the above VBScript code to Notepad.<\/li>
  2. Save the file with a .vbs extension, and in a permanent folder. \u2014 e.g.,\u00a0d:\\scripts\\doc2pdf.vbs<\/code>
    \"batch<\/li>
  3. Close Notepad.<\/li>
  4. Open File Explorer and browse the following\u00a0SendTo\u00a0folder:C:\\Users\\%username%\\AppData\\Roaming\\Microsoft\\Windows\\SendTo<\/li>
  5. Create a shortcut to the script\u00a0doc2pdf.vbs<\/code>\u00a0in the SendTo folder.<\/li>
  6. Prefix the shortcut target with\u00a0wscript.exe<\/code>\u00a0and then followed by a space.
    \"batch<\/li>
  7. Optionally, assign a nice-looking icon by clicking on the Change Icon button.<\/li>
  8. Name the shortcut accordingly \u2014 e.g.,\u00a0Convert Word Docs to PDF
    <\/strong><\/li>
  9. Now, open the folder that contains the Word documents that you want to convert to PDF.<\/li>
  10. Select the documents, right-click on the selection, and click\u00a0Send to<\/strong>.<\/li>
  11. Click\u00a0Convert Word Docs to PDF<\/strong>\u00a0in the\u00a0Send to<\/strong>\u00a0menu.
    \"batchThat\u2019s it! Your PDF files are now ready!
    \"batch<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n
    \n\n\n\n
    Method 2: Using File Converter (Freeware)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
    File Converter<\/a> is a simple tool which allows you to convert or compress one or several files using the context menu in Explorer. This program is Freeware!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
    After you install the software, all you need to do is select the .doc or .docx files you want to convert, click File Converter in the right-click menu and select To Pdf<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
    \"batch<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
    It shows you the conversion status with the progress bar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
    Reference: https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/how-to-batch-convert-word-documents-into-pdf-files\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
    Method 1: Using a custom VBScript Microsoft Office has automation or scripting support. Using a VBScript, you can bulk convert Word documents to PDF. Here is a simple script I wrote to do the job: ‘Convert .doc or .docx to .pdf files via Send To menu Set fso = CreateObject(“Scripting.FileSystemObject”) For i= 0 To WScript.Arguments.Count Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,18],"tags":[301],"class_list":["post-1951","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-microsoft","category-microsoft-office","tag-batch-convert-word-to-pdf"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/SUMMALAI.COM\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1951","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/SUMMALAI.COM\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/SUMMALAI.COM\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/SUMMALAI.COM\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/SUMMALAI.COM\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1951"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/SUMMALAI.COM\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1951\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1954,"href":"https:\/\/SUMMALAI.COM\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1951\/revisions\/1954"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/SUMMALAI.COM\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1951"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/SUMMALAI.COM\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1951"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/SUMMALAI.COM\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1951"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}