to pdf converter

deco81 · 08-18-2010, 08:03 AM

This might be too specific, but I would have great use for some software that would allow me to right click on a file (doc, ppt) and convert it to a pdf. A batch converter might work as well, problem is my files are all nested in folders and I need to maintain this structure.

Any suggestions?

Thanks!

Aquarius_Girl · 08-18-2010, 08:06 AM

Open open office document.
Click File menu.
Click Export as PDF...

deco81 · 08-18-2010, 08:19 AM

I have considered this option, I just don't really want to have to do it that way for 300 doc/ppt files, but I guess I could search the folder then open a few at a time and it should try to export the pdf to the original folder... Worth a shot. Thank you for this idea.

druuna · 08-18-2010, 08:45 AM

Hi,

Search the internet for openoffice batch, you get a lot of hits that might help you to automate this task.

Here are 2 to give you an idea:
- OOo Writer in cron
- Batch command line file conversion with PyODConverter

Hope this helps.

Aquarius_Girl · 08-18-2010, 09:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by deco81

I just don't really want to have to do it that way for 300 doc/ppt files

The following quote is from the this link:

Quote:

Use OpenOffice Macro on Linux to Convert MS Word Documents to PDF

Create a Glossary Link shell script in /usr/local/bin/:

Read more about How to Convert Word to PDF

Code:

#!/bin/sh DIR=$(pwd) DOC=$DIR/$1 /user/bin/oowriter-invisible "macro://Standard.Module1.ConvertWordToPDF($DOC)"

and below is another useful link w.r.t conversions:
http://www.perpetualpc.net/srtd_commands_rev.html#p

See the commands starting with 'p'.

knudfl · 08-18-2010, 04:39 PM

doc to pdf :

1) cd <path-to-folder-with-files.doc>/
2) abiword --to=pdf *

.. and all .doc files are converted to <file-name>.pdf
with that one abiword command.
..

evo2 · 08-18-2010, 07:20 PM

Install openoffice and the cups pdf driver (package is called cups-pdf in Debian). Then you can "print to file" on the command line.

Eg.

Code:

openoffice.org -invisible -pt pdf foo.doc

This will dump a foo.pdf in whatever directory the cups pdf driver has been configured to (default may be something like ~/pdf).

Cheers,

Evo2.