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Convert Word documents using PowerShell

On August 31, 2017
Thomas Stensitzki | MVP
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Microsoft Word, PowerShell
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Last updated: 2019-11-26

 

PowerShellDescription

 

This script converts Word compatible documents to a selected format utilizing the Word SaveAs function. Each file is converted by a single dedicated Word COM instance.

The script converts either all documents in a single folder matching an include-filter or a single file.

Currently supported target document types:

  • Default --> Word 2016
  • PDF
  • XPS
  • HTML

The conversion is handled by Word itself, utilizing the SaveAs method.

The Word.Document.SaveAs method supports the following wdFormat values:

Name Value Description
wdFormatDocument 0 Microsoft Office Word 97 - 2003 binary file format.
wdFormatDocument97 0 Microsoft Word 97 document format.
wdFormatTemplate 1 Word template format.
wdFormatTemplate97 1 Word 97 template format.
wdFormatText 2 Microsoft Windows text format.
wdFormatTextLineBreaks 3 Windows text format with line breaks preserved.
wdFormatDOSText 4 Microsoft DOS text format.
wdFormatDOSTextLineBreaks 5 Microsoft DOS text with line breaks preserved.
wdFormatRTF 6 Rich text format (RTF).
wdFormatEncodedText 7 Encoded text format.
wdFormatUnicodeText 7 Unicode text format.
wdFormatHTML 8 Standard HTML format.
wdFormatWebArchive 9 Web archive format.
wdFormatFilteredHTML 10 Filtered HTML format.
wdFormatXML 11 Extensible Markup Language (XML) format.
wdFormatXMLDocument 12 XML document format.
wdFormatXMLDocumentMacroEnabled 13 XML document format with macros enabled.
wdFormatXMLTemplate 14 XML template format.
wdFormatXMLTemplateMacroEnabled 15 XML template format with macros enabled.
wdFormatDocumentDefault 16 Word default document file format. For Word, this is the DOCX format.
wdFormatPDF 17 PDF format.
wdFormatXPS 18 XPS format.
wdFormatFlatXML 19 Open XML file format saved as a single XML file.
wdFormatFlatXML 20 Open XML file format with macros enabled saved as a single XML file.
wdFormatFlatXMLTemplate 21 Open XML template format saved as a XML single file.
wdFormatFlatXMLTemplateMacroEnabled 22 Open XML template format with macros enabled saved as a single XML file.
wdFormatOpenDocumentText 23 OpenDocument Text format.
wdFormatStrictOpenXMLDocument 24 Strict Open XML document format.

Implemented document formats are shown in bold.

Examples

# EXAMPLE
# Convert all .doc files in E:\temp to Default

.\Convert-WordDocument.ps1 -SourcePath E:\Temp -IncludeFilter *.doc 

# EXAMPLE
# Convert all .doc files in E:\temp to XPS

.\Convert-WordDocument.ps1 -SourcePath E:\Temp -IncludeFilter *.doc -TargetFormat XPS

# EXAMPLE
# Convert a single document to Word default format

.\Convert-WordDocument.ps1 -SourcePath E:\Temp\MyDocument.doc

Version History

  • 1.0, Initial community release
  • 1.1, Updated Word cleanup code

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