diff --git a/NAMESPACE b/NAMESPACE
index ad817c5..6305109 100644
--- a/NAMESPACE
+++ b/NAMESPACE
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 S3method(print,docx)
 export("%>%")
 export(assign_colnames)
-export(convert_pptx_to_pdf)
+export(convert_to_pdf)
 export(docx_cmnt_count)
 export(docx_describe_cmnts)
 export(docx_describe_tbls)
diff --git a/R/convert_pptx_to_pdf.R b/R/convert_pptx_to_pdf.R
index eeb890a..7d8abb9 100644
--- a/R/convert_pptx_to_pdf.R
+++ b/R/convert_pptx_to_pdf.R
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-#' Convert a PowerPoint Document to a PDF
+#' Convert a Document (usually PowerPoint) to a PDF
 #'
 #' @md
-#' @param path path to the PowerPoint document
+#' @param path path to the document, can be PowerPoint or DOCX
 #' @param pdf_file output PDF file name.  By default, creates a PDF in the
 #'        same directory as the `path` file.
 #'        This functionality requires the use of
@@ -11,10 +11,12 @@
 #' @examples
 #' \dontrun{
 #' path = system.file("examples/ex.pptx", package="docxtractr")
-#' pdf <- convert_pptx_to_pdf(path, pdf_file = tempfile(fileext = ".pdf"))
+#' pdf <- convert_to_pdf(path, pdf_file = tempfile(fileext = ".pdf"))
+#' path = system.file("examples/data.docx", package="docxtractr")
+#' pdf_doc <- convert_to_pdf(path, pdf_file = tempfile(fileext = ".pdf"))
 #' }
-convert_pptx_to_pdf <- function(path, pdf_file = sub("[.]pptx", ".pdf", path)) {
-  stopifnot(is_pptx(path))
+convert_to_pdf <- function(path, pdf_file = sub("[.]pptx", ".pdf", path)) {
+  stopifnot(is_pptx(path) | is_doc(path) | is_docx(path))
 
   lo_assert()
   lo_path <- getOption("path_to_libreoffice")
@@ -23,7 +25,7 @@ convert_pptx_to_pdf <- function(path, pdf_file = sub("[.]pptx", ".pdf", path)) {
   # will make sub("[.]pptx", ".pdf", path) output
   # and don't want to do that in case pdf_file in other location
   cp_path = tempfile(fileext = ".pptx")
-  cp_pdf = sub("[.]pptx", ".pdf", cp_path)
+  cp_pdf = sub("[.](pptx|docx|doc)$", ".pdf", cp_path)
   file.copy(path, cp_path)
 
   if (Sys.info()["sysname"] == "Windows") {
diff --git a/man/convert_pptx_to_pdf.Rd b/man/convert_to_pdf.Rd
similarity index 51%
rename from man/convert_pptx_to_pdf.Rd
rename to man/convert_to_pdf.Rd
index 138d99f..1f6da50 100644
--- a/man/convert_pptx_to_pdf.Rd
+++ b/man/convert_to_pdf.Rd
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 % Generated by roxygen2: do not edit by hand
 % Please edit documentation in R/convert_pptx_to_pdf.R
-\name{convert_pptx_to_pdf}
-\alias{convert_pptx_to_pdf}
-\title{Convert a PowerPoint Document to a PDF}
+\name{convert_to_pdf}
+\alias{convert_to_pdf}
+\title{Convert a Document (usually PowerPoint) to a PDF}
 \usage{
-convert_pptx_to_pdf(path, pdf_file = sub("[.]pptx", ".pdf", path))
+convert_to_pdf(path, pdf_file = sub("[.]pptx", ".pdf", path))
 }
 \arguments{
-\item{path}{path to the PowerPoint document}
+\item{path}{path to the document, can be PowerPoint or DOCX}
 
 \item{pdf_file}{output PDF file name.  By default, creates a PDF in the
 same directory as the \code{path} file.
@@ -16,11 +16,13 @@ LibreOffice and the \code{soffice} binary it contains.  See
 \link{set_libreoffice_path} for more information.  Note,}
 }
 \description{
-Convert a PowerPoint Document to a PDF
+Convert a Document (usually PowerPoint) to a PDF
 }
 \examples{
 \dontrun{
 path = system.file("examples/ex.pptx", package="docxtractr")
-pdf <- convert_pptx_to_pdf(path, pdf_file = tempfile(fileext = ".pdf"))
+pdf <- convert_to_pdf(path, pdf_file = tempfile(fileext = ".pdf"))
+path = system.file("examples/data.docx", package="docxtractr")
+pdf_doc <- convert_to_pdf(path, pdf_file = tempfile(fileext = ".pdf"))
 }
 }
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-pptx-conversion.R b/tests/testthat/test-pptx-conversion.R
index 0f805d6..d8b3b8e 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-pptx-conversion.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-pptx-conversion.R
@@ -5,7 +5,18 @@ test_that("we can convert a PPTX if LibreOffice Installed", {
   }, silent = TRUE)
   if (!inherits(lp, "try-error")) {
     path <- system.file("examples/ex.pptx", package = "docxtractr")
-    pdf <- convert_pptx_to_pdf(path, pdf_file = tempfile(fileext = ".pdf"))
+    pdf <- convert_to_pdf(path, pdf_file = tempfile(fileext = ".pdf"))
+    expect_true(file.size(pdf) > 0)
+  }
+})
+
+test_that("we can convert a DOCX to PDF if LibreOffice Installed", {
+  lp = try({
+    docxtractr:::lo_find()
+  }, silent = TRUE)
+  if (!inherits(lp, "try-error")) {
+    path <- system.file("examples/data.docx", package = "docxtractr")
+    pdf <- convert_to_pdf(path, pdf_file = tempfile(fileext = ".pdf"))
     expect_true(file.size(pdf) > 0)
   }
 })