OpenOffice Integration

From ResourceSpace Documentation Wiki

Ubuntu

This is an experimental feature which seems simple to set up on Ubuntu. Please try it out if you have an Ubuntu setup, and send feedback to theorysavage at gmail.com .

sudo apt-get install unoconv 

uncomment $unoconv_path in config.php

to start the listener, on the command line:

unoconv --listener &

The default file extensions that will be previewed with Open office are:

$unoconv_extensions=array("doc","docx","odt","odp","html","rtf","txt","ppt","pptx","sxw","sdw","html","psw","rtf","sdw","pdb","bib","txt","ltx","sdd","sda","odg","sdc");

An alternative method for previewing Office formats is to use QuickLook to get previews on the Mac, but using Unoconv enables page previewing and an automatic PDF alternative version of the file.

Abiword

Where unoconv is being difficult (for example, I haven't got it working on Mac), another alternative to QuickLook would be to add support for Abiword, which can also do command-line exports of word processor office documents to PDF.