Convert PDF¶

We can use either the Converter class, or a wrapped method parse() to convert all/specified pdf pages to docx. Multi-processing is supported in case pdf file with a large number of pages.

Example 1: convert all pages¶

from pdf2docx import Converter

pdf_file = '/path/to/sample.pdf'
docx_file = 'path/to/sample.docx'

# convert pdf to docx
cv = Converter(pdf_file)
cv.convert(docx_file)      # all pages by default
cv.close()

An alternative using parse method:

from pdf2docx import parse

pdf_file = '/path/to/sample.pdf'
docx_file = 'path/to/sample.docx'

# convert pdf to docx
parse(pdf_file, docx_file)

Example 2: convert specified pages¶

Specify pages range by start (from the first page if omitted) and end (to the last page if omitted):

# convert from the second page to the end (by default)
cv.convert(docx_file, start=1)

# convert from the first page (by default) to the third (end=3, excluded)
cv.convert(docx_file, end=3)

# convert from the second page and the third
cv.convert(docx_file, start=1, end=3)

Alternatively, set separate pages by pages:

# convert the first, third and 5th pages
cv.convert(docx_file, pages=[0,2,4])

Note

Refer to convert() for detailed description on the input arguments.

Example 3: multi-Processing¶

Turn on multi-processing with default count of CPU:

cv.convert(docx_file, multi_processing=True)

Specify the count of CPUs:

cv.convert(docx_file, multi_processing=True, cpu_count=4)

Note

Multi-processing works for continuous pages specified by start and end only.

Example 4: convert encrypted pdf¶

Provide password to open and convert password protected pdf:

cv = Converter(pdf_file, password)
cv.convert(docx_file)
cv.close()