pdf converter

[Adil Adil]

Hi,

Is there any tool to convert openoffice documents to pdf?

Thanks

[Kevin Martin]

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

[Jim]

Joe Tseng wrote:
>  Ummm...  I've made a ton of PDFs using OO.o itself - just use
> OO.o to 
>  export your document.
>
>   - Joe
>
>  Failure is always an option -- Adam Savage
>
>
>  ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>  > Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2008 09:07:33 -0700
>  > From: adil.drissi(a)yahoo.com
>  > To: fedora-list(a)redhat.com
>  > Subject: pdf converter
>  >
>  > Hi,
>  >
>  > Is there any tool to convert openoffice documents to pdf?
>
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Aren't you suppose to be able Edit a PDF in OO-3 , and how do you do it ?

[Frank Cox]

On Tue, 28 Oct 2008 12:11:51 -0400
Chris Snook <csnook(a)redhat.com&gt; wrote:

>  You mean, besides openoffice?  There's cups-pdf, which acts as a
> printer, but 
>  saves to pdf. 
I recently discovered that PDF files created by OO3 "export" are smaller than
files created by cups-pdf from the same OO document.

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[Phil Meyer]

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!

[Joe Tseng]

Ummm...  I've made a ton of PDFs using OO.o itself - just use OO.o to export your
document.

 - Joe

Failure is always an option -- Adam Savage


>  Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2008 09:07:33 -0700
>  From: adil.drissi(a)yahoo.com
>  To: fedora-list(a)redhat.com
>  Subject: pdf converter
>  
>  Hi,
>  
>  Is there any tool to convert openoffice documents to pdf? 
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[Chris Snook]

Adil Drissi wrote:
>  Is there any tool to convert openoffice documents to pdf? 
You mean, besides openoffice?  There's cups-pdf, which acts as a printer, but 
saves to pdf.

-- Chris

[Alan Cox]

On Tue, 28 Oct 2008 09:07:33 -0700 (PDT)
Adil Drissi <adil.drissi(a)yahoo.com&gt; wrote:

>  Hi,
>  
>  Is there any tool to convert openoffice documents to pdf? 
Open Office - its hidden under 'Export as'

Alan