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Introduction:

Libstaroffice is a new project for converting StarOffice v1-v5 files ; it is based on librevenge (see Document Liberation Project).

Note:

• actually it is only at the early stages, it may be used to convert:
  • .sdc spreadsheet's files but it still ignores any macros, any embedded charts,
  • .sda/sdg graphic's files,
  • .sdd files created by StarImpress,
  • and basic .sdw files, i.e. it only tries to retrieve the page's formatting, the main text and the tables but ignores(or converts badly) any embedded pictures, ...
• a online converter(which is better) can be find at http://oooconv.free.fr/oooconv/oooconv_en.html.

How to use as an end-user:

This project produces a library (for programmers) and a console-based document converter, so most people should wait a while until libstaroffice is integrated into a word processor, such as LibreOffice. However, brave or impatient souls can check out git, compile it, and use the sdw2html or sd2odf program.

Developers:

see https://github.com/fosnola/libstaroffice/wiki/Developers

Recognized Formats:

1. .sda v3-v5 files: try to retrieve the different shapes, graphics, ...
2. .sdc v3-v5 files: try only to retrieve the sheets' main content and graphics

• the cells' text, value and formula with their formatting,
• the column widths and the row heights,
• the sheets' names,
• the cells' comments,
• the header/footer contents,
• some embedded graphic and small text zone

3. .sdd v3-v5 files: try to retrieve the different shapes, graphics, ... but not the animation
4. .sdw v3-v5 files: try only to retrieve the main text zone, i.e.

• the page formatting, the header/footer
• the main text zone
• the tables,
• the annotations, the fields, the lists, the outlines (but not their formatting), ...
• some pictures, ... are retrieved but there positions, size is still bad.