Applescript to automatically export .docx documents to PDF using Pages https://plh.io/automation/docx-to-pdf
set _document to theFile | |
-- Open a docx document in pages and auto export to PDF | |
tell application "Finder" | |
set _directory to get container of file _document | |
set _documentName to name of _document | |
-- Figure out document name without extension | |
if _documentName ends with ".docx" then ¬ | |
set _documentName to text 1 thru -6 of _documentName | |
set _PDFName to _documentName & ".pdf" | |
set _location to (_directory as string) & _PDFName | |
end tell | |
tell application "Pages" | |
activate | |
open _document | |
with timeout of 1200 seconds | |
-- Export as PDF with _PDFName | |
export front document to file _location as PDF | |
end timeout | |
close front document | |
end tell |
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