pdf-preview
Preview Excel/Word documents via PDF.
Install
uv tool install pdf-preview pdf-preview -i
or with pip:
py -m pip install pdf-preview py -m pdf_preview -i
This command adds a registry KEY HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\pdf_Preview.convert\command and default VALUE <python executable> -m pdf_preview "%1". You will see context menu for directory. Select it for execute PDF Preview application. When you select a Word / Excel document in the tree, the result converted to pdf is displayed.
Requirements
Windows
Python 3.12 or later
Microsoft Excel / Word (used for PDF conversion)
Dependencies
pywin32
pypdf
PySide6
openpyxl
PyYAML
and their requirement packages.
Development
uv sync uv run pytest -v uv build
Uses
Qt PDF (QPdfView) for rendering
1 maintainer
Metadata
1 maintainer
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