Word to PDF Batch

😫 The Pain Point

You wrote 50 invitation letters in Word. Now you need 50 PDFs to email. Word -> File -> Export -> PDF… 50 times? That’s 1 hour of life lost.

🚀 Agentic Solution

COM Automation: Controls your installed MS Word to do the work in the background.

Key Features:

• Perfect Fidelity: Since it uses actual Word, the formatting is 100% identical (unlike online converters that mess up fonts).
• Speed: Converts ~1 file per second.

⚔️ Phase 1: Commander (Quick Fix)

For a quick convert.

Prompt:

“Convert all .docx files in this folder to .pdf using the docx2pdf library.”

Result: PDFs everywhere.

🏗️ Phase 2: Architect (Permanent Tool)

For Admin Staff.

Engineering Prompt:

**Role:** Python Automation Developer
**Task:** Create a "Batch Word to PDF Converter".
**Requirements:**
1.  **Dependency:** Requires MS Word installed on Windows/Mac.
2.  **GUI:**
    *   Select Source Folder.
    *   "Convert" button.
3.  **Logic:**
    *   Use `docx2pdf.convert(input_path)`.
    *   Show progress bar.
    *   Handle errors (e.g., file open by user).
4.  **Deliverables:** `word2pdf.py`, `run.bat` (Windows), `run.sh` (Mac).

🧠 Prompt Decoding

• docx2pdf: This library is a wrapper around OS-level commands. It’s the most reliable way because it doesn’t “re-interpret” the file; it “prints” it using the original software.

🛠️ Instructions

1. Copy Prompt -> Paste -> Run.
2. Select Folder -> Convert.