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Artiach · 05-05-2011, 06:32 PM

I'm in need of doc support in Calibre, to convert a bunch of docs for my mother. I thought this wouldn't be so hard to add so I want to contribute a patch.

First, of course, I would like to hear from the authors about why Calibre doesn't support DOC already (I'm assuming there's a reason) and if they have pointers on how to go about it.

To get the ball rolling, for DOCX we have this:
http://openxmlviewer.codeplex.com/releases/view/25391

And for normal docs I found antiword http://www.winfield.demon.nl/
Antiword is not a proper solution I know, does anyone know anything better?

EDIT: There's also this I didn't mention it cause it's java but maybe that's acceptable:
http://www.artofsolving.com/opensource/jodconverter

05-05-2011, 06:32 PM	#1
Artiach Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2011 Device: kindle	Let's add DOC support I'm in need of doc support in Calibre, to convert a bunch of docs for my mother. I thought this wouldn't be so hard to add so I want to contribute a patch. First, of course, I would like to hear from the authors about why Calibre doesn't support DOC already (I'm assuming there's a reason) and if they have pointers on how to go about it. To get the ball rolling, for DOCX we have this: http://openxmlviewer.codeplex.com/releases/view/25391 And for normal docs I found antiword http://www.winfield.demon.nl/ Antiword is not a proper solution I know, does anyone know anything better? EDIT: There's also this I didn't mention it cause it's java but maybe that's acceptable: http://www.artofsolving.com/opensource/jodconverter Last edited by Artiach; 05-05-2011 at 06:55 PM.