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) andend(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()
