====== odf-converter-integrator ====== **odf-converter-integrator is an easy way to open Microsoft Office 2007 files (also called Office Open XML, .docx, .xlsx, and .pptx) with a high-quality conversion on //any// Linux or Windows system in //any// OpenOffice.org. ** odf-converter-integrator uses the high-quality [[http://odf-converter.sourceforge.net/|odf-converter]] code (which converts between Office Open XML and OpenDocument) as packaged by Novell and integrates it into the operating system. That means when you click on a .docx/.xlsx/.pptx file on a web page, in an email attachment, or your desktop, odf-converter-integrator springs into action, converts the .docx/.xlsx/.pptx to an .odt/.ods/.odp, and then automatically opens the new document in OpenOffice.org, StarOffice, Abiword, KWord, Gnumeric, Microsoft Office 2003, or whatever is your default ODF editor. odf-converter-integrator is simply a little glue to overcome the integration limitation of the Novell odf-converter, which cannot integrate into most editions of OpenOffice.org (such as the vanilla/Sun Microsystems edition, Fedora, OxygenOffice, and others). Out of the box OpenOffice.org version 3 opens Microsoft Office 2007 documents, but often odf-converter-integrator converts with better quality. See the article [[http://www.oooninja.com/2008/12/better-office-docx-converter.html|"A better .docx converter"]] for details. On **Ubuntu**, odf-converter-integrator works even better: the integration is more seamless, and it saves in Microsoft Office formats with high quality too!
===== Download ===== [[odf-converter-integrator/download|Download odf-converter-integrator]] or view the [[odf-converter-integrator/changelog|change log]]. ===== Testing ===== For instructions on how to test and the results of those tests, see [[odf-converter-integrator/test]]. ===== Install ===== Instructions on how to install odf-converter-integrator. Separately you may wish to install the [[http://www.oooninja.com/2008/01/calibri-linux-vista-fonts-download.html|Office 2007 fonts]]. ==== Fedora/Red Hat/CentOS ==== The same RPM should work any Fedora version regardless of whether you use Fedora OpenOffice.org or vanilla OpenOffice.org. ==== Ubuntu ==== If you use the [[/editions_of_openoffice.org|edition of OpenOffice.org]] that came with Ubuntu (most common), install odf-converter-integrator chocolate edition. If you downloaded and installed the [[/editions_of_openoffice.org|vanilla]] OpenOffice.org from the OpenOffice.org web site (less common), then install the strawberry edition. ==== Novell/SUSE ==== If you use the [[/editions_of_openoffice.org|Novell/SUSE edition of OpenOffice.org]], you don't need odf-converter-integrator. Just install [[http://www.oooninja.com/2008/01/openxml-translator-odf-converter-11.html|Novell's odf-converter]]. ==== Microsoft Windows ==== If you don't already have it, install [[http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=79bc3b77-e02c-4ad3-aacf-a7633f706ba5&displaylang=en|Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0]] or later. Then, just download odf-converter-integrator and run the installation program. If you use OpenOffice.org, StarOffice, Abiword, or Gnumeric, that's it. ===== How to use ===== Using odf-converter-integrator depends which edition you use. ==== odf-converter-integrator: strawberry edition ==== The strawberry edition of odf-integrator-converter works with [[/editions_of_openoffice.org|all editions of OpenOffice.org]], Abiword, KWord, Gnumeric, etc. However, the strawberry edition does not open documents from within OpenOffice.org, so to open a .docx/.xlsx/.pptx document, double click on it from your file browser (such as the place on your desktop), or from a web page, or from an email. ==== odf-converter-integrator: chocolate edition for Ubuntu ==== If you use the [[/editions_of_openoffice.org|Ubuntu edition of OpenOffice.org]], install the chocolate edition of odf-converter-integrator. The chocolate edition imports and exports Microsoft Office 2007 formats seamlessly. ===== Help ===== Do you need help? Post your questions in [[https://sourceforge.net/forum/?group_id=245473|the forums]]. ===== Bugs ===== If you find any bugs in the integrator (such as installation issues), post them in the [[https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=browse&group_id=245473&atid=1126053|odf-converter-integrator bug tracker]]. If you find any bugs in the converter (such as formatting problems with specific documents), report them to [[https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=169337|odf-converter bug tracker]]