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<title>OpenOffice converter for OpenMeetings</title>
<author email="dev@openmeetings.apache.org">Apache OpenMeetings Team</author>
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<section name="OpenOffice Service for OpenMeetings">
<p>
To import .doc, .docx, .odp, .xls, .xlsx, .ppt, .pptx, ... [ all
files that you can open with OpenOffice ]
to OpenMeetings and use
them in the whiteboard you need OpenOffice or LibreOffice
installed the machine that runs OpenMeetings.
</p>
<div class="alert alert-success">
<i>Since Version 2.0 of OpenMeetings starting of
OpenOffice/LibreOffice as service in not required, JODConverter
will automatically start and shut down the service!
</i>
</div>
<div class="alert alert-success">
<i>JODConverter is bundled into OpenMeetings since 3.1.4</i>
</div>
<p>You should use an OpenOffice version greater 3</p>
<div>
<tt>officeHome</tt> configuration need to remain blank<br/>
In case document conversion will NOT work you need to
<ol>
<li>locate <tt>soffice.bin</tt> on your system</li>
<li>
set <tt>officeHome</tt> to <tt>/usr/lib/libreoffice</tt>
(in case soffice.bin is located in <tt>/usr/lib/libreoffice/program</tt>)
</li>
</ol>
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