Convert to OpenDocument

bmcs · 06-10-2020, 03:43 PM

This question has probably been ask many times before, but my searches have not unearthed an answer.
Calibre offers an option to convert files into Office Open XML ISO/IEC 29500 (ie. Word docx) file format.
Will Calibre ever offer an option to convert files into OpenDocument ISO/IEC 26300 (ie. Writer odt) file format?

TIA
Dave

BetterRed · 06-10-2020, 06:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bmcs

This question has probably been ask many times before…

I've been here since 2012, and yours is the first request I can recall for this feature. And no one has developed a Conversion Output plugin for ODT ==>> Index of plugins.

Added: I found a formal Enhancement Request ==> https://bugs.launchpad.net/calibre/+bug/1596136

BR

retiredbiker · 06-10-2020, 07:59 PM

I vaguely remember some discussion maybe a year ago. Odt was shot down since docx can be opened in Writer and then saved as odt, IIRC. That's what I usually do if I find a book that needs that kind of editing.

But if you have an epub and want a really, really well done odt from it with style names and everything intact, look at Jutoh. I've used this to go from a book basically written in the Calibre editor to get to a print version (epub->Jutoh odt->Writer small edits like gutter margins->pdf).

06-10-2020, 03:43 PM	#1
bmcs Enthusiast Posts: 35 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2013 Device: none	Convert to OpenDocument This question has probably been ask many times before, but my searches have not unearthed an answer. Calibre offers an option to convert files into Office Open XML ISO/IEC 29500 (ie. Word docx) file format. Will Calibre ever offer an option to convert files into OpenDocument ISO/IEC 26300 (ie. Writer odt) file format? TIA Dave

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retiredbiker Addict Posts: 384 Karma: 1638210 Join Date: May 2013 Location: Ontario, Canada Device: Kindle KB, Oasis, Ubuntu, Jutoh,Kobo Forma	I vaguely remember some discussion maybe a year ago. Odt was shot down since docx can be opened in Writer and then saved as odt, IIRC. That's what I usually do if I find a book that needs that kind of editing. But if you have an epub and want a really, really well done odt from it with style names and everything intact, look at Jutoh. I've used this to go from a book basically written in the Calibre editor to get to a print version (epub->Jutoh odt->Writer small edits like gutter margins->pdf).

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