File loconvert.1 of Package libreoffice-converter

.TH loconvert "1" "2009-02-09" "LibreOffice Converter" "User Commands"
.SH "Name"
loconvert \- Commandline Document Converter Using LibreOffice
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B loconvert
[\fB\-\-help\fR] [\fB\-\-force\fR]  \fIinput\fR \fIoutput\fR

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

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


.SH OPTIONS
.TP
\fIinput\fR
Input file. The filename suffix must be one of the currently supported
file formats, see below.
.TP
\fIoutput\fR
Output file. The filename suffix defines the output file format. It must be
one from the table below. An existing file can be overwritten by the
\fB\-\-force\fR option.
.TP
\fB\-\-help\fR
Print help and exit.
.TP
\fB\-\-force\fR
Force an already existing output file to be replaced.

.SH SUPPORTED FILE FORMATS

The current version of this tool does not read the list of available input
and output filters directly from LibreOffice. The list of supported file
formats is hardcoded and thus limited to:
.TP
\fIdoc\fR
Microsoft Word 97/2000/XP
.TP
\fIdocx\fR
MS Word 2007 XML
.TP
\fIdot\fR
Microsoft Word 97/2000/XP Template
.TP
\fIdotx\fR
MS Word 2007 XML Template
.TP
\fIhtml\fR
HyperText Markup Language (Web Page)
.TP
\fIodt\fR
ODF Text Document
.TP
\fIods\fR
ODF Spreadsheet
.TP
\fIodp\fR
ODF Presentation
.TP
\fIott\fR
ODF Text Document Template
.TP
\fIots\fR
ODF Spreadsheet Template
.TP
\fIotp\fR
ODF Presentation Template
.TP
\fIpdf\fR
Portable Document Format
.TP
\fIppt\fR
Microsoft PowerPoint 97/2000/XP
.TP
\fIpptx\fR
Microsoft PowerPoint 2007 XML
.TP
\fIpot\fR
Microsoft PowerPoint 97/2000/XP Template
.TP
\fIpotx\fR
Microsoft PowerPoint 2007 XML Template
.TP
\fIrtf\fR
Rich Text Format
.TP
\fIstc\fR
OpenOffice.org 1.0 Spreadsheet Template
.TP
\fIsti\fR
OpenOffice.org 1.0 Presentation Template
.TP
\fIstw\fR
OpenOffice.org 1.0 Text Document Template
.TP
\fIsxc\fR
OpenOffice.org 1.0 Spreadsheet
.TP
\fIsxi\fR
OpenOffice.org 1.0 Presentation
.TP
\fIsxw\fR
OpenOffice.org 1.0 Text Document
.TP
\fIswf\fR
Macromedia Flash
.TP
\fItxt\fR
Plain Text
.TP
\fIxls\fR
Microsoft Excel 97/2000/XP
.TP
\fIxlsx\fR
Microsoft Excel 2007 XML
.TP
\fIxlt\fR
Microsoft Excel 97/2000/XP Template
.TP
\fIxltx\fR
Microsoft Excel 2007 XML Template


.SH TROUBLESHOOTING PROBLEMS

See \fBhttp://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Bugreport_LO\fR for more details about how to report
bugs in LibreOffice.
.SH AUTHOR
This manual page was created by Petr Mladek <petr.mladek@novell.com>.