Welcome folks today in this blog post we will be building a pdf to ms word docx converter gui desktop app in tkinter using pypdf2 library in python. All the full source code of the application is given below.

Get Started

First of all install the below library using the pip command as shown below

pip install pypdf2

In order to get started you need to make an app.py file and copy paste the following code

app.py

from tkinter import *
from tkinter import filedialog
from tkinter.filedialog import askopenfilename,asksaveasfile
from PyPDF2 import PdfFileReader
#=================open file method======================
def openFile(): 
              
    file = askopenfilename(defaultextension=".pdf", 
                                          filetypes=[("Pdf files","*.pdf")])
    if file == "":  
        file = None
    else:
        fileEntry.delete(0,END)
        fileEntry.config(fg="blue")
        fileEntry.insert(0,file)
def convert():
    try:
        pdf = fileEntry.get()
        pdfFile = open(pdf, 'rb')
        # creating a pdf reader object
        pdfReader = PdfFileReader(pdfFile) 

        # creating a page object 
        pageObj = pdfReader.getPage(0) 
      
        # extracting text from page 
        extractedText= pageObj.extractText()
        readPdf.delete(1.0,END)
        readPdf.insert(INSERT,extractedText)

        # closing the pdf file object 
        pdfFile.close()
    except FileNotFoundError:
        fileEntry.delete(0,END)
        fileEntry.config(fg="red")
        fileEntry.insert(0,"Please select a pdf file first")
    except:
        pass

    
def save2word():
    text = str(readPdf.get(1.0,END))
    wordfile = asksaveasfile(mode='w',defaultextension=".doc", 
                                          filetypes=[("word file","*.doc"),
                                                     ("text file","*.txt"),
                                                     ("Python file","*.py")])
    
    if wordfile is None:
        return
    wordfile.write(text)
    wordfile.close()
    print("saved")
    fileEntry.delete(0,END)
    fileEntry.insert(0,"pdf Extracted and Saved...")



    
#=================== Front End Design
root = Tk()
root.geometry("600x350")
root.config(bg="light blue")
root.title("PDF Converter [designed by:CID]")
root.resizable(0,0)
try:
    root.wm_iconbitmap("pdf2.ico")
except:
    print('icon file is not available')
    pass
file= ""
defaultText = "\n\n\n\n\t\t Your extracted text will apear here.\n \t\t     you can modify that text too."
#==============App Name==============================================================>>
appName = Label(root,text="PDF to WORD Converter ",font=('arial',20,'bold'),
                bg="light blue",fg='maroon')
appName.place(x=150,y=5)
#Select pdf file
labelFile = Label(root,text="Select Pdf File",font=('arial',12,'bold'))
labelFile.place(x=30,y=50)
fileEntry = Entry(root,font=('calibri',12),width=40)
fileEntry.pack(ipadx=200,pady=50,padx=150)
#===========button to access openFile method=================================
openFileButton = Button(root,text=" Open ",font=('arial',12,'bold'),width=30,
                    bg="sky blue",fg='green',command=openFile)
openFileButton.place(x=150,y=80)
#===========button to access convert method=================================
convert2Text = Button(root,text="Read",font=('arial',8,'bold'),
                   bg="RED",fg='WHITE',width=20,command=convert)
convert2Text.place(x=250,y=120)
#======================= Text Box to read pdf file and modify ===================>>
readPdf = Text(root,font=('calibri',12),fg='light green',bg='black',width=60,height=30,bd=10)
readPdf.pack(padx=20,ipadx=20,pady=20,ipady=20)
readPdf.insert(INSERT,defaultText)
#===============================Button to access save2word method=================
save2Word = Button(root,text="Save to Word File",font=('arial',10,'bold'),
                   bg="RED",fg='WHITE',command=save2word)
save2Word.place(x=255,y=320)

#===================halt window=============================>>
if __name__ == "__main__":
    root.mainloop()

Now run the python script by typing the below command as shown below

python app.py