{"id":17964,"date":"2022-10-28T05:33:01","date_gmt":"2022-10-28T00:03:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/solved-excel-vba-to-convert-all-word-files-in-a-specific-folder-to-pdf-closed\/"},"modified":"2022-10-28T05:33:01","modified_gmt":"2022-10-28T00:03:01","slug":"solved-excel-vba-to-convert-all-word-files-in-a-specific-folder-to-pdf-closed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/solved-excel-vba-to-convert-all-word-files-in-a-specific-folder-to-pdf-closed\/","title":{"rendered":"[Solved] Excel VBA to convert all Word files in a specific folder to PDF [closed]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"answer-53248085\" class=\"answer js-answer accepted-answer js-accepted-answer\" data-answerid=\"53248085\" data-parentid=\"53244725\" data-score=\"1\" data-position-on-page=\"1\" data-highest-scored=\"1\" data-question-has-accepted-highest-score=\"1\" itemprop=\"acceptedAnswer\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Answer\">\n<div class=\"post-layout\">\n<div class=\"votecell post-layout--left\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"answercell post-layout--right\">\n<div class=\"s-prose js-post-body\" itemprop=\"text\">\n<p>I&#8217;ve finally found the correct VBA I was looking for:<\/p>\n<pre><code>'In your VBA window go to tools then references and add a reference to \n'Microsoft Word\n\nSub Converter()\n  Dim cnt As Integer, currfile As String\n  Dim TrimFile As String, Path As String, FilesInPath As String _\n, MyFiles() As String, Fnum As Long\n  Dim CalcMode As Long, LPosition As Long\n  Dim StartTime As Date, EndTime As Date\n\n  Dim objWord As Word.Application\n  Dim objDoc As Word.Document\n\n\n  ThisWorkbook.Activate\n  currfile = ActiveWorkbook.Name\n\n  Windows(currfile).Activate\n  Sheets(\"Sheet1\").Activate\n\n  StartTime = Timer\n  Path = Range(\"C3\").Text &amp; 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\"\\\" &amp; TrimFile &amp; \".pdf\", \n        ExportFormat:=wdExportFormatPDF, _\n        OpenAfterExport:=False, OptimizeFor:=wdExportOptimizeForPrint, Range:= _\nwdExportAllDocument, From:=1, To:=1, Item:=wdExportDocumentContent, _\nIncludeDocProps:=True, KeepIRM:=True, CreateBookmarks:= _\nwdExportCreateNoBookmarks, DocStructureTags:=True, BitmapMissingFonts:= _\nTrue, UseISO19005_1:=False\n\n\n\n      End If\n\n      objDoc.Close\n\n   Next Fnum\n  End If\n\n\n  With Application\n    .ScreenUpdating = True\n    .EnableEvents = True\n    .Calculation = CalcMode\n  End With\n\n  objWord.Quit\n\n  Set objDoc = Nothing\n  Set objWord = Nothing\n\n  EndTime = Timer\n  MsgBox \" Task succesfully completed in \" &amp; Format(EndTime - StartTime, \"0.00\") &amp; \" \nseconds\"\nEnd Sub\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mt24\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>            <span class=\"d-none\" itemprop=\"commentCount\">0<\/span> <\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<\/p>\n<p>solved Excel VBA to convert all Word files in a specific folder to PDF [closed] <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] I&#8217;ve finally found the correct VBA I was looking for: &#8216;In your VBA window go to tools then references and add a reference to &#8216;Microsoft Word Sub Converter() Dim cnt As Integer, currfile As String Dim TrimFile As String, Path As String, FilesInPath As String _ , MyFiles() As String, Fnum As Long Dim &#8230; 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