# How do I batch-convert Word docs to PDF? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [January 15, 2015, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-batch-convert-word-docs-to-pdf/709897 "2015-01-15T15:48:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2015, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-batch-convert-word-docs-to-pdf/709897/1 "2015-01-15T15:48:05Z")
I don’t have Acrobat Pro. ☹ I have about 50 Word docs that I need to convert to PDF, and I don’t wanna hafta do it individually. The PDF reader I have here at work is “PDF X-change Editor” which doesn’t appear to have a batch converter function. Any ideas? ---
**Author:** ![sandra\_nz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eada6e/32.png) [@sandra\_nz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sandra_nz)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2015, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-batch-convert-word-docs-to-pdf/709897/2 "2015-01-15T15:50:42Z")
Are you sure the “Save As” option in your version of Word doesn’t have PDF as an option? ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2015, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-batch-convert-word-docs-to-pdf/709897/3 "2015-01-15T15:55:38Z")
If you have a PDF printer, set it up as your default. Then select a handful of files (not all 50 at once or it won’t work) and right-button-menu Print. They’ll open in Word, print to PDF and close. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2015, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-batch-convert-word-docs-to-pdf/709897/4 "2015-01-15T16:01:30Z")
> [@sandra\_nz](#): > > Are you sure the “Save As” option in your version of Word doesn’t have PDF as an option? If you have Office 2007 or better, it should be a Save As option. If you don’t see it, you may need the Service Pack, or you can download the converter from Microsoft. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2015, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-batch-convert-word-docs-to-pdf/709897/5 "2015-01-15T16:05:28Z")
Thing is, the Save As is individual. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2015, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-batch-convert-word-docs-to-pdf/709897/6 "2015-01-15T16:51:06Z")
There are Acrobat substitutes that probably mimic Acrobat Pro’s ability to open other doc formats into PDF. I just opened Acrobat Pro XI, selected the “convert documents to PDF” option, chose a swath of small Word files, and it went boomp-boomp-boomp opening them in PDF. ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2015, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-batch-convert-word-docs-to-pdf/709897/7 "2015-01-15T17:50:59Z")
> [@Nava](#): > > If you have a PDF printer, set it up as your default. Then select a handful of files (not all 50 at once or it won’t work) and right-button-menu Print. They’ll open in Word, print to PDF and close. Seconded. Bullzip is a nice PDF print driver if you don’t already have one.