'Save docx as pdf AppleScript MS Word script for use in Shortcuts.app on macOS

I created a shortcut (for shortcuts.app) for automatic pdf document processing, but i need to convert some docx files to pdf first. I've made a loop (in shortcuts.app), that gets docx files as an input. I can insert AppleScript code into that loop to convert each input docx file into pdf, but i absolutely don't know how to use AppleScript.

What is the correct AppleScript syntax for following:

  1. AppleScript takes docx file as an shortcuts.app action input;
  2. Send it to word.app;
  3. Word.app saves it as pdf file in the same folder;
  4. AppleScript sends saved pdf file to the next shortcut action.
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Solution 1:[1]

Your task may be completed using Pages.app which is free preinstalled application on every Mac.

on run {input, parameters}
    
    set docxFileHFS to (item 1 of input) as text -->  one hfs path
    
    tell application "System Events"
        if not (name extension of file docxFileHFS is "docx") then
            display dialog "The input is not DOCX file "
            return
        end if
    end tell
    set pdfHFS to text 1 thru -6 of (docxFileHFS) & ".pdf"
    
    tell application "Pages"
        set theDocument to open file docxFileHFS
        export theDocument to file pdfHFS as PDF
        close theDocument saving no
    end tell
    
    return pdfHFS as alias
end run

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