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.
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#!/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 $?
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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!