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Why in the world does .ppt files exist

phoenixcomm

This may sound harsh, but coming from the Linux world, to put it bluntly, they are just a pain in my tush! So every time I open a ppt slideshow with imageLibreOffice, and then it is in an editable mode, and that is no good. But then I can "Export" it as a pdf file. (PIMA) but by rooting around on the Internet today I found I can run LibreOffice in a headless mode.

 

libreoffice --headless --invisible --convert-to pdf  .pdfimage

 

So I can now put it together in a little shell script and save it to my Desktop:

 

#! /bin/bash

echo "This is a PowerPoint (ppt) to (pdf)"

echo "looking for the form of  *123.ppt  not *.ppt"

echo "Enter Filename:  "

read filename

echo $filename

libreoffice --headless --invisible --convert-to pdf  $filename

/usr/local/bin/libreoffice --headless --invisible --convert-to pdf  $filename

 

You will now have to make it executable.  You can do this two ways:

  1. Find the ppt-2-pdf.sh and right-click on it and open the property's dialog and make it executable.
  2. If you are in your shell you can chmod it.  $chmod +x ppt-2-pdf.sh  The +x made it executable.

Now here it is in action:

 

harrison@Whirlwind /mnt/MyData/home/harrison/school/Design News $ ../../Desktop/ppt-2-pdf.sh

This is a Power Point (ppt) to (pdf)

looking for the form of  *123.ppt  not *.ppt

Enter Filename:

*1.ppt

DN-CEC-Mastering-the-Embedded-Design-Cycle-Day1.ppt

convert /mnt/MyData/home/harrison/school/Design News/DN-CEC-Mastering-the-Embedded-Design-Cycle-Day1.ppt -> /mnt/MyData/home/harrison/school/Design News/DN-CEC-Mastering-the-Embedded-Design-Cycle-Day1.pdf using filter : impress_pdf_Export

Overwriting: /mnt/MyData/home/harrison/school/Design News/DN-CEC-Mastering-the-Embedded-Design-Cycle-Day1.pdf

 

 

Keep Tuned in, More to Come

image Cris ~

 

UPDATE 9JUN2k16:

I have a /usr/local/scripts file  and that's where I put it. but it didn't work image

I had to change the last line
FROM: libreoffice --headless --invisible --convert-to pdf  $file

TO: /usr/local/bin/libreoffice --headless --invisible --convert-to pdf    $filenameimage

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