You can use VeryPDF Document Converter (docPrint Pro) to convert XLS to PDF and set PDF author via command line. VeryPDF Document Converter (docPrint Pro) can works well both in command line interface and graphic user interface. It can be used free for scores of times. Please follow the three steps below and try to use VeryPDF Document Converter (docPrint Pro) to solve the problem.
1. Download VeryPDF Document Converter
After you download VeryPDF Document Converter, and install it on the computer, you can find an executable file named doc2pdf in the installation directory. It is the command line application we need to use in the third step.
2. Open the command prompt window
To use the command line application, you should first open the command prompt window. If you are a Windows XP user, please do as follows: click the Start button in the left-down corner on the screen.> click Command Prompt. Or you can use another way: click Start, > click Run, > type cmd, > click OK.
3. Type a command line
To use the command application, you need to type a command line in the command prompt window. The command line must be in line with the basic usage of the command application. Remember? We have talked about the command line application in the first step. Now, to view the usage, you can type the directory of the executable file named doc2pdf in the command prompt window and press Enter. The basic usage and the options you can use in the command line will be displayed. Or you can just take a look at the usage and the option for PDF author setting as follows；
- Usage：doc2pdf [options] <-i Document Files> [-o Output]
- Option: -a <author> : Set PDF author
For example, if you want to convert set PDF author as “Marry” and convert XLS to PDF, you can type a command line as the following one. Don’t forget to press Enter after typing each command line.
doc2pdf -a “Marry”-i C:\in.xls -o D:\out.pdf
This is the method you can use to convert XLS to PDF and set PDF author via command line. If you want to learn more information about VeryPDF Document Converter (docPrint Pro), please visit the following website: http://verypdf.com/artprint/index.html