Convert Word doc to PDF - Python [closed]

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I need to fill in a document and then try and convert it into a PDF.

Any idea how I can do this?

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You can use OpenOffice if it is available on the system.

import subprocess
import shutil

input_filename = 'input.doc'
output_filename = 'output.pdf'

p = subprocess.Popen(['unoconv', '--stdout', input_filename], stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
with open(output_filename, 'w') as output:
   shutil.copyfileobj(p.stdout, output)

You can also look at unoconv's source code if you want to do it directly with the Python bindings for UNO/OpenOffice COM.

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Install a PDF printer driver like CutePDF.

Use COM automation to run MS Word; open the file, fill in the data, print the file as a PDF.

Alternatively: convert the Word file into a PDF form; use ReportLab to fill in the form.

Alternatively: print the Word file to a PDF file; use ReportLab to overlay text on the file.

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This would be an excellent place to start. It's free as in beer.