There is a UNIX Word to HTML converter, I have never used it, don't know
if it's still available as the site is down now. 

an RPMFind Description
http://rpmfind.net/linux/RPM/PLD/dists/ra/PLD/i386/PLD/RPMS/wv-0.7.2-
2.i386.html

here is the google cache for it.

http://216.239.37.100/search?
q=cache:f0Tf4CULchYJ:www.wvware.com/wvWare.html+imagemagick+word+document&hl=e
n&ie=UTF-8

Basically, if you were just after a 'close' version of the word doco
this might do the trick. Once you are in HTML, you can go to PDF
easy enough with html2pdf or something similar.

Good Luck. Be interested to know what you find. 
"Wonder if openoffice writer can do a command line file save as, that's
your BEST option. .. or .. even better would
be to extract the openoffice Word Reading Library. Work is already done!

:-) Ahh I Love OSS


On Fri, 6 Jun 2003 08:26:49 +1000 (EST), Laurie Savage wrote
> 1. OpenOffice writer will open MSWord files and retain the formatting
> unless its really out of left field.
> 
> 2. Print to PDF from print menu.
> 
> 3. OpenOffice uses macros so you maybe able to automate the process.
> 
> I use Linux on my laptop in a Windows workplace environment and this 
> keeps me compatible!
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Laurie
> 
> On Thu, 5 Jun 2003, Matt Hyne wrote:
> 
> > Folks,
> > 
> > Does anyone know of a reliable way to convert a directory containing MS
> > Word files to PDF files under Linux.  There appears to be plenty of
> > Windows tools but I cannot find many for Linux.
> > 
> > I want to write a script that will run a WORD->PDF conversion nightly so
> > PDF files can be available from a website.
> > 
> > Matt
> > 
> > 
> 
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> 
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