Adil Drissi wrote:
Hi,
Is there any tool to convert openoffice documents to pdf?
If you are asking 'Is there a way to convert office documents to pdf on
the command line using open office', then yes, there is.
However it is not easy.
It requires a macro for the user doing the conversion.
It requires an X session, even in non display (invisible) mode, so you
may need to run it against the fake X server on headless systems.
Finally, it requires a specially crafted command line.
Here is a sample script, in which we run the fake X server on a headless
system, so it is display 0.
---
#!/bin/bash
# doc2pdf -- convert office type documents to PDF
if [ -z "$1" ]
then
echo "Usage: $0 <file.doc>"
exit -1
fi
DISPLAY=:0
export DISPLAY
# macro is in: ~/.openoffice.org2.0/user/basic/Standard/Module1.xba
DOC=$1
/usr/bin/oowriter -invisible
"macro:///Standard.Module1.ConvertWordToPDF($DOC)"
exit $?
---
Here is the sample macro file: Its kinda large, so I have it as a link
if you are interested.
http://themeyerfarm.com/palm/Module1.xba
Good Luck!
--
fedora-list mailing list
fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx
To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
