pdfix/convert-doc-to-pdf repository overview

⁠Word to PDF

A Docker image that converts Word documents (DOC, DOCX) and other word processing documents (ODT, RTF, ...) to accessible PDF (PDF/UA) using headless LibreOffice.

⁠Table of Contents

• Word to PDF⁠
  • Getting started⁠
  • Usage⁠
  • Commands⁠
  • Arguments⁠
  • Examples⁠
  • Notes⁠
  • Help & support⁠
  • Licenses⁠

⁠Getting started

You need Docker installed. The first run downloads the image and may take longer than later runs.

⁠Usage

Mount a folder into the container and run a subcommand:

docker run --rm -v "$(pwd)":/data -w /data pdfix/convert-doc-to-pdf:v0.0.2 <command> [options]

⁠Commands

• doc-to-pdf: Convert a word processing document to PDF/UA

⁠Arguments

⁠doc-to-pdf

⁠Examples

Convert a DOCX file to PDF/UA-1:

docker run --rm -v "$(pwd)":/data -w /data pdfix/convert-doc-to-pdf:v0.0.2 doc-to-pdf -i /data/report.docx -o /data/report.pdf

Convert a DOC file to PDF/UA-1 and PDF/A-2b:

docker run --rm -v "$(pwd)":/data -w /data pdfix/convert-doc-to-pdf:v0.0.2 doc-to-pdf -i /data/report.doc -o /data/report.pdf --standard ua1-a2b

⁠Notes

• The PDF is tagged from the document structure. Set the document title, use heading styles, add alternative text to images and a ScreenTip to hyperlinks to get a valid PDF/UA.
• PDF/UA-2 export in LibreOffice is new and some PDF/UA-2 rules may still fail validation. Use ua1 for the most reliable result.
• Microsoft fonts are not included. Calibri, Cambria, Arial, Times New Roman and Courier New are replaced by metric-compatible fonts (Carlito, Caladea, Liberation), so the page layout is kept.
• Error codes are listed in config.json errors (print it with the config command).

⁠Help & support

To report an issue, contact [email protected].

⁠Licenses

• LibreOffice⁠ (MPL-2.0)
• Carlito⁠, Caladea⁠ and Liberation⁠ fonts (OFL-1.1)
• DejaVu⁠ fonts (Bitstream Vera Fonts License)