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    set _document to theFile
    -- Open a docx document in pages and auto export to PDF
    tell application "Finder"

    set _directory to get container of file _document
    set _documentName to name of _document
    -- Figure out document name without extension
    if _documentName ends with ".docx" then ¬
    set _documentName to text 1 thru -6 of _documentName


    set _PDFName to _documentName & ".pdf"
    set _location to (_directory as string) & _PDFName
    end tell

    tell application "Pages"
    activate
    open _document
    with timeout of 1200 seconds
    -- Export as PDF with _PDFName
    export front document to file _location as PDF
    end timeout

    close front document
    end tell