Re: [libreoffice-users] passing filter options with the --convert-to CLI switch to soffice?

anne-ology <laginnis@gmail.com> wrote:

>        Maybe I understand what you're attempting; I'm confused about
> whatever CLI switch is though.

A "CLI switch" is an sub-command or option that can be specified on the
command line as part of the command-line interface (CLI).

>        I've only converted PDFs to Word and all appears fine,

But perhaps you are not using "filter data" options?

>           so unless there's a bug in your program version, I don't see why
> reversing the process should be a problem.

No, what I'm wondering about is how I specify that I want the generated
PDF to be tagged (a modern-day requirement for compliance with
accessibility regulations).

Running "soffice --help" on the command line gives me this (plus much
other information):

--convert-to output_file_extension[:output_filter_name[:output_filter_options]] [--outdir 
output_dir] files
      Batch convert files (implies --headless).
      If --outdir is not specified then current working dir is used as output_dir.
      Eg. --convert-to pdf *.doc
          --convert-to pdf:writer_pdf_Export --outdir /home/user *.doc
          --convert-to "html:XHTML Writer File:UTF8" *.doc
          --convert-to "txt:Text (encoded):UTF8" *.doc

In the last couple of examples, I think "UTF8" is a filter option.  But
it doesn't have the name=value form.  So I'm wondering how it's supposed
to work.  And where it's documented.

Bill

>        Have you checked to see if others have reported a bug?; if not, then
> maybe doing so, as a query, might bring someone to offer help,
>
>
>
>
> From: Bill Janssen <janssen@parc.com>
> Date: Tue, Apr 17, 2018 at 12:08 PM
> Subject: [libreoffice-users] passing filter options with the --convert-to
> CLI switch to soffice?
> To: users@global.libreoffice.org
> Cc: janssen@parc.com
>
>
> I'd like to be able to use the convenient --convert-to CLI switch on
> soffice to convert from Word to PDF.  However, I'd like that conversion
> to create tagged PDFs, and the default for UseTaggedPDF is false.
>
> A number of PDF export options are listed at
> https://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/API/Tutorials/PDF_export, and after
> reading that I tried,
>
>  $ soffice --convert-to pdf:writer_pdf_Export:UseTaggedPDF=true --outdir
> /tmp myfile.docx
>
> But still got untagged PDF in the output file.
>
> Can anyone see what I'm doing wrong?
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> Bill
>
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