Batch convert Word documents to PDFs

"This is how I would do it:

Download CutePDF writer
Set the writer as your default printer (you can change it back later)
Place all your .doc files in the same folder
Highlight all the files, right-click, Print

Only downside is that you have to click Ok once for each file."

well, cutepdf & pdf99 do their job well, but i find PDFcreator more appealing as it 'print's in higher quality than the other two, it also has more configuration option, plus it's open-source.

"Regarding the SaveAsPDF.js script that a previous user posted. This worked for converting one pdf file, but i didnt know how to covert all the files in a directory. With a little playing I created a file. CovertAll2PDF.bat with the following 2 lines:

echo off
for %%X in (*.doc) do cscript.exe //nologo SaveAsPDF.js ""%%X""

there is also the /r ""Parent Directory"" which can be inserted as for /r ""PD"" %%X in -.... which will go through all the directories, in that case make it C:\SaveAsPDF.js and save Saveaspdf.js in that directory.

I'm sure its clumsy, but it worked for me. hope this helps someone."

"This little snippet worked very well for me.

Free
Easy
No limits on number of files

$Word=New-Object -ComObject Word.Application

$Files=Get-ChildItem "".\*.docx""

ForEach ($File In $Files) {
$Document=$Word.Documents.Open($File.FullName)

$Name=($Document.FullName).Replace(""docx"", ""pdf"")

$Document.SaveAs([ref] $Name, [ref] 17)
$Document.Close()
}

$Word.Close()

Just save it to a PowerShell script like Convert-Documents.ps1 and then run it from the command line from within the folder where all your source documents are located."

"I've not tried it but there is a batch method using OpenOfficedotorg that you could test. Instructions on doing this on GNU/Linux and Windows platforms described at http://www.tech-faq.com/convert-word-to-pdf.shtml (and also at http://www.togaware.com/linux/survivor/Convert_MS_Word.html"" and, at http://www.oooforumdotorg/forum/viewtopic.phtml?t=3772).

The principle of using OpenOfficedotorg to read in the .doc file and then export it as a PDF seems sound if you find OpenOfficedotorg makes areasonable job of opening the .doc files you have."