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Convert PDF files to Microsoft Office Word compatible doc/docx files, using LibreOffice's command line interface.
#!C:/Python27/python.exe
#
# Convert PDF files to Microsoft Office Word compatible doc/docx files,
# using LibreOffice's command line interface.
#
# http://stackoverflow.com/questions/26358281/convert-pdf-to-doc-python-bash
# http://ask.libreoffice.org/en/question/20111/converting-files-using-soffice-convert-to-with-embedded-images-html-to-doc/
# http://cgit.freedesktop.org/libreoffice/core/tree/filter/source/config/fragments/filters
#
import os
import sys
import subprocess
# pdf source file(s) and target paths
basedir = 'C:/path/to'
pdfdir = os.path.normpath(basedir + '/pdf')
docdir = os.path.normpath(basedir + '/doc')
docxdir = os.path.normpath(basedir + '/docx')
# absolute path to libre office writer application
lowriter = 'C:/Progra~2/LibreO~1/program/swriter.exe'
# output-filter for conversion
#outfilter = ':"Office Open XML Text"'
#outfilter = ':"MS Word 2003 XML"'
#outfilter = ':"MS Word 2007 XML"'
#outfilter = ':"MS Word 97"'
outfilter = ''
i = 0
for top, dirs, files in os.walk(pdfdir):
for filename in files:
if filename.endswith('.pdf'):
i = i + 1
abspath_pdf = os.path.normpath(os.path.join(top, filename))
print 'Converting {0} into .doc format..'.format(abspath_pdf)
subprocess.call('{0} --invisible --convert-to doc{1} --outdir "{2}" "{3}"'
.format(lowriter, outfilter, docdir, abspath_pdf), shell=True)
print 'Converting {0} into .docx format..'.format(abspath_pdf)
subprocess.call('{0} --invisible --convert-to docx{1} --outdir "{2}" "{3}"'
.format(lowriter, outfilter, docxdir, abspath_pdf), shell=True)
print '|-------------------------------------------------------|'
print 'Done. Converted {0} pdf files.'.format(i)
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pptyasar commented Feb 3, 2020

@yashgupta any solution you got?

@yashugupta786
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@pptyasar no as of now i dnt have any solution .do you have any solution for this .Basically i have scanned invoices in pdf and want to convert that to docx format in text format with retaining all the fonts,format and layout

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pptyasar commented Feb 24, 2020

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WNT01 commented Mar 11, 2020

Apart from running on the command line can I run this on jupyter or pycharm?

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amansani commented Jun 9, 2020

I tried converting pdf to docx and it didn't work. Its working from docx to pdf and pdf to ODG.

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/49739245/having-trouble-using-python-and-libreoffice-to-convert-pdf-to-docx-and-doc-to-do

Based on the above link, it seems like libreoffice 6 and higher versions are not supported to convert to doc/docx. Anyone have idea about this?
Please share if we have any other ways to convert pdf to docx using python.

Thank you.

@daominhthuan42
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Please try to use lid pdf2docx.
Easy to use.
https://dothinking.github.io/pdf2docx/quickstart.convert.html

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