Convert Excel and Word files to PDF Using ruby

Question

I want to convert Excel with multiple sheets and Word files to PDF format as a single file using Ruby.

Are there any Script/Gems/Plugins available to achieve this?

Answer 1

 You can combine some:

1. For excel files - read data using roo GEM - http://roo.rubyforge.org/

2. For word files Opening .doc files in Ruby

3. Convert the data read in previous steps into HTML.

4. Then convert it to pdf using: https://github.com/pdfkit/PDFKit