[PYTHON] Beginners try to convert Word files to PDF at once

Trigger for the initiative

I often use Word to create documents, but After promoting paperless offices and introducing groupware, Start with a voice from your boss saying, "Let's convert Word files to PDF and manage documents centrally !!"

The battle with countless ".doc" and ".docx" that I do not know how many begins ... Of course, no one in the company can use python, so I tried it implicitly.

Implementation

import win32com.client
import os
#Install the required modules

wd = win32com.client.Dispatch('Word.Application')
#Declaration to "manipulate Word"

documents_path = 'C:/test/'
word_list = []
#Set the path of the folder where the files are stored
#word_file_Empty list to store name(word_list)Create

for word_file_name in os.listdir(documents_path):
    if os.path.isfile(os.path.join(documents_path, word_file_name)):
        word_list.append(word_file_name)

for i in range(0,len(word_list)):
  try:
    word_file = wd.Documents.Open(documents_path + '/' + word_list[i])
    base_name, ext = os.path.splitext(word_list[i])
    #base_name,By ext, the extension is entered in ext and the file name is base._Stored in name
    word_file.SaveAs2(FileName = documents_path + base_name + '.pdf', FileFormat = 17)
    #Specify file name, format(17 is PDF[https://docs.microsoft.com/ja-JP/office/vba/api/word.wdsaveformat])The set
  except Exception as e:
    print(e)
    #Store exception handling other than try in e, and display if there is
  finally:
    word_file.Close()

print('complete')

After a lot of trial and error, I got the above code. I think it's quite redundant because it's a beginner.

documents_path is for posting this time, so it is set as test, When using it, specify the path of the folder where the Word file is stored.

Task

・ The for statement is included twice, and I originally wanted to combine it into one. In the with statement, pywin32 did not work well, so it is necessary to take improvement measures in the future.

-Try with modules other than pywin32.

・ Clean up redundant parts.

Try making your own for the first time

I was originally interested in python, and I've been working on it, but it was the first time I actually completed something. It may be a bad idea for professionals, but I would like to get used to writing even the smallest code. Since there are many parts that can be improved in-house by using automation, we will steadily post the results of our efforts to Qiita as a memorandum.

We would appreciate any improvements or advice! Thank you.