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11-12-2009

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I do think it is remotely possible that someone at Microsoft really thinks they invented something. It's been obvious that many of their programmers have lead sheltered lives, quite insulated from anything non-Microsoft. It's *possible* that a Microsoft progammer never heard of setuid or sudo.

More likely is that they have a dedicated team that looks at every computing concept ever conceived with an eye toward finding a way to patent some variant on the ideas.

They are a sleazy company. Always have been, always will be. I can't imagine how anyone can work there without feeling dirty and ashamed.

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ooconvert

ooconvert(1)							   User Commands						      ooconvert(1)

Name
       ooconvert - Commandline Document Converter Using OpenOffice.org

SYNOPSIS

       ooconvert [--help] [--force]  input output

DESCRIPTION

       This  tool  converts documents between various formats on the commandline.  It uses OpenOffice.org that guarantees the quality of available
       import and export filters.

       This tool tries to start OpenOffice.org in the server mode on backgroud.  It does not work if the OpenOffice.org  application  has  already
       been running. Also it slows down the conversion a lot. We hope to reduce these limitations in the further versions.

OPTIONS

       input  Input file. The filename suffix must be one of the currently supported file formats, see below.

       output Output  file. The filename suffix defines the output file format. It must be one from the table below. An existing file can be over-
	      written by the --force option.

       --help Print help and exit.

       --force
	      Force an already existing output file to be replaced.

SUPPORTED FILE FORMATS

       The current version of this tool does not read the list of available input and output filters directly from  OpenOffice.org.  The  list	of
       supported file formats is hardcoded and thus limited to:

       doc    Microsoft Word 97/2000/XP

       docx   MS Word 2007 XML

       dot    Microsoft Word 97/2000/XP Template

       dotx   MS Word 2007 XML Template

       html   HyperText Markup Language (Web Page)

       odt    ODF Text Document

       ods    ODF Spreadsheet

       odp    ODF Presentation

       ott    ODF Text Document Template

       ots    ODF Spreadsheet Template

       otp    ODF Presentation Template

       pdf    Portable Document Format

       ppt    Microsoft PowerPoint 97/2000/XP

       pptx   Microsoft PowerPoint 2007 XML

       pot    Microsoft PowerPoint 97/2000/XP Template

       potx   Microsoft PowerPoint 2007 XML Template

       rtf    Rich Text Format

       stc    OpenOffice.org 1.0 Spreadsheet Template

       sti    OpenOffice.org 1.0 Presentation Template

       stw    OpenOffice.org 1.0 Text Document Template

       sxc    OpenOffice.org 1.0 Spreadsheet

       sxi    OpenOffice.org 1.0 Presentation

       sxw    OpenOffice.org 1.0 Text Document

       swf    Macromedia Flash

       txt    Plain Text

       xls    Microsoft Excel 97/2000/XP

       xlsx   Microsoft Excel 2007 XML

       xlt    Microsoft Excel 97/2000/XP Template

       xltx   Microsoft Excel 2007 XML Template

TROUBLESHOOTING PROBLEMS

       See http://en.opensuse.org/Bugs:OOo for more details about how to report bugs in OpenOffice.org.

AUTHOR

       This manual page was created by Petr Mladek <petr.mladek@novell.com>.

OpenOffice.org Converter					    2009-02-09							      ooconvert(1)