Word to PDF Converter

A simple desktop GUI application to convert Microsoft Word .docx files to .pdf format using the docx2pdf library.

Features

• Convert one or more Word .docx files to .pdf.
• Select multiple files and convert them all at once.
• View and manage input and output paths in a list view.
• Choose a custom output folder for each file.
• Remove selected files from the list.
• Log window to track file additions/removals, path settings, and conversion results.
• Clear log output manually by selecting and deleting text.

How It Works

1. Add Word Files – Select one or more .docx files to add to the conversion list.
2. Set Output Path for Selected – Choose where each converted PDF will be saved.
3. Remove Selected – Select the files you want to remove, then click the Remove Selected button.
4. Convert All – Start the conversion of all added files.
5. View Logs – Check the log window for real-time updates and results.

Note: Batch conversion may take some time. If you're converting more than two files at once, please be patient and allow the process to finish.

Requirements

• Python 3.x
• docx2pdf (installed in step #3 below)
• tkinter (usually included with Python installations)

Getting Started

Follow the steps below to set up and run the word-to-pdf-converter locally.

1. Clone the repository

Open your terminal (Command Prompt, PowerShell, Git Bash, or macOS/Linux Terminal), then run:

git clone https://github.com/emh68/word-to-pdf-converter.git
cd word-to-pdf-converter

2. (Optional but recommended) Create and activate a virtual environment

This keeps dependencies isolated to this project.

Windows (command line)

python -m venv venv
venv\Scripts\activate

Windows (PowerShell)

If you're using PowerShell and activate doesn't work, try:

venv\Scripts\Activate.ps1

🍎 macOS/🐧Linux

python3 -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate

3. Install the dependencies

Run the command below. This will install the required dependencies (in this case docx2pdf). If you get a "pip not found" error, try python -m pip install -r requirements.txt instead.

pip install -r requirements.txt

4. Run the application

python main.py 

Note: If you get a "command not found" error, try:

python3 main.py

🔗 Links

• View the GitHub repo
• More of my projects