For virtually any issue you have with Office the answer is to find the Python module for the document format and write a quick script. Then, instead of some arcane shell monstrosity that’s easier to rewrite than edit, you have a script whose function is obvious and testable.

Rinse and repeat for all of the actual examples people come up with for how pipelines are better. They’re not magic, they’re just a tool.

https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/working-with-page-orientations...