Re: [libreoffice-users] Scripting LO

Howdy,

Support for that is built in and is available from a command line or script
as you prefer.

Here is a good overview of that:
https://ask.libreoffice.org/en/question/2641/convert-to-command-line-parameter/

Best wishes,

Drew

On Sun, Dec 23, 2018 at 11:29 AM bunk3m <bunk3m@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello.
>
> I see that there are a number of ways to script LO  within the program
> itself, but is it possible to automate LO open file and save as odt,
> ods, odp?  Something like Applescript used to be able to manipulate
> programs?
>
> For example,
>
> I have many old files in various formats like .doc, .xls, .ppt,
> Pagemaker, etc. etc. I have concerns about future compatibility and
> access to those documents.
>
> I would to run perhaps a bash script on a folder to open each file in
> the folder and then save it in the appropriate ODF 2.0 format.
>
> Is there a way to script LO like that?
>
> Thank you in advance.
>
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