converting word, excel docs

curmudgeon42 · General User Joined: 18 Jan 2005 Posts: 5

I have a dual boot Gentoo/WinXP machine. I would like to have OpenOffice run on both of them. I am ready to get rid of MS Offiice on my WinXP machine but I don't want to have to open all my *.doc and *.xls files and save them as OpenOffice equivalents one at a time.

Is there a command line method that I could do in a batch? Either from Windows or Linux would be fine. The files are on a shared partition.

Thanks for the help,

~ Justin

nostabo · Posted: Tue Jan 18, 2005 3:55 pm Post subject:

Hi curmudgeon42,

Not to be cynical, but you will be opening them one at a time, why not save them when you first open them under OOo. I have found that keeping two versions of any document can be a nightmare...was it last edited by M$ Office or not?...once you convert them you will know for sure Wink

I, too, have a dual boot Gentoo/WinXP PC and a dual boot Gentoo/Win2KPC...I use Crossover office to have a look at the M$ Office files when I need to...and now rarely enter the world of Micro$oft!
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See the Calc tutorials and other OpenOffice.org resources at:
http://www.nostabo.net/openoffice.php

Gabor · Posted: Tue Jan 18, 2005 4:51 pm Post subject: no need

No need of Command line.
File>Auto pilot> Document converter

curmudgeon42 · General User Joined: 18 Jan 2005 Posts: 5

nostabo, i don't want to keep two doc versions. i want to convert and delete the MS Office versions. but i don't want to do it one at a time.

thanks Gabor. I'll try that out.

~ Justin