On Tue, 2005-02-08 at 11:10 -0500, Gregory Seidman wrote: > I'd like to convert a whole bunch of files between the various formats OOo > supports. In particular, I want to convert a bunch of .sxw files into .doc > and a bunch of .doc into .sxw. I'd like to be able to do similar things > with .xls/.sxc and others, but .doc/.sxw is more important. > > Of course, I can launch openoffice.org and load each file then save each > file, but that isn't really feasible for a large number of files. Is there > some flag I can pass to openoffice to batch convert a bunch of files? Is > there some other tool? AbiWord can do that. (Depending on the complexity of the document.) Of course, it's only word processing files. $ abiword --to=sxw foo.doc Also, there is the OpenOffice.org API. Use the -accept= option to access it. I bet www.openoffice.org has info on it. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson, LA USA PGP Key ID 8834C06B I prefer encrypted mail. "When a distinguished but elderly scientist says that something is possible, he is almost certainly right. When he says it is impossible, he is very probably wrong." Arthur C. Clarke
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