msoffice2pdf 1.0.0

This package aims to convert Office file types to PDF using Microsoft Office or LibreOffice.

msoffice2pdf

This package aims to convert Microsoft Office file types to PDF. This lib uses the comtypes package which makes it easy to access and implement custom, dispatch-based COM interfaces or LibreOffice software.

Prerequisites

Python >=3.6 installed on the environment.

Installation

Step 1:

pip3 install msoffice2pdf

Step 2

(Windons Only):

For Microsoft Office use:

• Delete all cache files from the folder below in case there is any error with Microsoft Office conversion: C:\Users\<User>\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python39\Lib\site-packages\comtypes\gen

• For Windows Server

Step 1:

Start > Run > dcomcnfg.exe

Step 2:

Select: Computers -> My Computer -> Config DCOM -> Microsoft Word 97-2003 Documents -> Properties Tab general select level authentication to None Tab security select customize and add All Tab identify select this user and add Admin user and password

Step 3:

Select: Computers -> My Computer -> Config DCOM -> Microsoft Excel Application -> Properties Tab general select level authentication to None Tab security select customize and add All Tab identify select this user and add Admin user and password

Step 4:

Select: Computers -> My Computer -> Config DCOM -> Microsoft PowerPoint Application -> Properties Tab general select level authentication to None Tab security select customize and add All Tab identify select this user and add Admin user and password

For LibreOffice use:

Install LibreOffice last version:

https://www.libreoffice.org/download/download/

(Ubuntu Only):

Install LibreOffice:

sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:libreoffice/ppa

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install libreoffice libreoffice-style-breeze

Example:

For use in Windows environment and soft=0 Microsoft Office must be installed.

For use in Windows environment and soft=1 you need the latest version of LibreOffice(soffice) installed.

For Ubuntu(linux) environment it is only possible to use soft=1, that is, LibreOffice(soffice).

Supported files: [".doc", ".docx", ".xls", ".xlsx", ".ppt", ".pptx", ".txt", ".xml"]

from msoffice2pdf import convert

output = convert(source="C:/Users/<User>/Downloads/file.docx", output_dir="C:/Users/<User>/Downloads", soft=0)

print(output)