Upgrade from OdfConverter 2.5 to
3.0 for
better quality conversions and better compatibility with the new ODF (OpenDocument Format) version 1.1
Linux: Use NRV2E executable compression instead of LZMA to improve startup speed.
Ubuntu: Fix compatibility with Ubuntu 9.04 and OpenOffice.org 3. (Before there was an error “Read-Error: Data could not be read from file” when trying to open a document.)
Windows: Use solid LZMA installer compression for faster, smaller download
Windows: Request administrator privileges to install on Vista and Windows 7 to prevent permissions errors during installation
Upgrade from OdfConverter 2.0 to 2.5 with
many useful updates including more accurate translations and support for templates (dotx, xlsx, potx, etc.).
Handle situation where original file is in a read-only directory
Various, small fixes
Windows: Upgrade py2exe from 0.6.8 to 0.6.9
Windows: Upgrade Python from 2.5 to 2.6.1
Windows: Upgrade NSIS installer form 2.40 to 2.41
Article: "A Better Office .docx Converter" (8 December 2008)
Upgrade from OdfConverter 1.1.7 to 2.0 with
many useful updates including more accurate translation
Windows: Upgrade NSIS installer
Windows: Switch from Novell's giant binary which includes Mono to the upstream binary (smaller)
Windows: Install Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 runtime (if not installed; now required)
Windows: Add icon for application and document types
Windows: Associate more file types such as .docm and .xltx and .potx
Linux: Include libtiff.so to increase compatibility between Linux distributions
Windows: Fix file type registration (thanks to tip from Arnauld Van Muysewinkel)
Linux strawberry: If KDE is detected, prefer the KDE file openers (to honor KDE file associations) and KDE dialogs (thanks to tip from Gustavo Homem)
Linux strawberry: Add KDE file opener (Gustavo Homem)
Linux strawberry: Add mime type association files for old Linux distributions (Gustavo Homem)
Add robust Python integration script for Linux—previously used just for Windows
Added chocolate edition, a special edition enhanced for Ubuntu