Phil Meyer wrote: > 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! > > FWIW, if you look in the archives for this you'll find a script and macro that was posted a while back by me that looks alot like this script but that handles not passing the full path to the file. I also have an updated macro that will convert doc, xls, and ppt files. If you're interested, take a peek back at the archives and you should find it. Kevin -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
