[ale] File converter

[Keith Morris - IQ]

I've never done this, but I did a quick search and apparently you can 
print from openoffice from the command line with "oowriter -p 
<filename>" and if you use -pt you can specify which printer. If you can 
do this, could a script not be written that would print to a ps file 
then converted to a pdf on a batch of files?  I'm not much of a 
scripter, but seems possible.

see here:
http://www.granneman.com/techinfo/tools/openofficeorg/batchprintopenofficeorg.htm

Keith


Steven A. DuChene wrote:

> Yes, from within OpenOffice it is possible to export directly to pdf.
> HOWEVER be aware the resulting file is MUCH LARGER than the file you
> get when you print to postscript and then use ps2pdf. I have done this
> whole proceedure a lot in the last few weeks. By exporting to pdf
> directly from within OpenOffice, a three page document ends up being
> 100Kb or more. Using the method of printing to postscript and then
> converting to pdf with ps2pdf command line utility produces a 6Kb file
> from the exact same three page document. So 6Kb verses 100Kb, same
> quality and content, you decide.
> --
> Steven A. DuChene
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jonathan Glass <jonathan.glass at ibb.gatech.edu>
> Sent: Jul 1, 2004 11:20 AM
> To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts <ale at ale.org>
> Subject: Re: [ale] File converter
> 
> OpenOffice.  :)
> 
> 
> 
>>Hi,
>>
>>I'm looking for a Linux utility that can convert Microsoft Word and Excel
>>documents into PDF. The user does not want to print the info to a
>>postscript file and then convert it.
>>
>>
>>Thanks,
>>
>>Chris Coleman
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