unoconv converts between any document format that OpenOffice understands. It uses OpenOffice's UNO bindings for non-interactive conversion of documents.

Supported document formats include Open Document Format (.odt), MS Word (.doc), MS Office Open/MS OOXML (.xml), Portable Document Format (.pdf), HTML, XHTML, RTF, Docbook (.xml), and more.

Converts between different document formats that OpenOffice understands
OpenOffice can export to about 100 different document formats
Can be used for batch processing
Combines with asciidoc and docbook2odf/xhtml2odt to create PDF or Word (.doc) files
Can apply custom style templates during conversion (to enforce corporate identity)
Autostarts OpenOffice for processing if necessary
Can be used in a client/server environment to process documents centrally
Can influence OpenOffice filters during import and export
Supports OpenOffice on Linux, Windows and MacOSX

OpenOffice (and thus unoconv) support various import and export formats. Not all formats that can be imported can be exported and vice versa. The below list of formats only lists the export formats.

If you need a list of formats that unoconv can import, please look at the from OpenOffice.

The following list of document formats are currently available for exporting to:

  bib      - BibTeX [.bib]
  doc      - Microsoft Word 97/2000/XP [.doc]
  doc6     - Microsoft Word 6.0 [.doc]
  doc95    - Microsoft Word 95 [.doc]
  docbook  - DocBook [.xml]
  html     - HTML Document (OpenOffice.org Writer) [.html]
  odt      - Open Document Text [.odt]
  ott      - Open Document Text [.ott]
  ooxml    - Microsoft Office Open XML [.xml]
  pdb      - AportisDoc (Palm) [.pdb]
  pdf      - Portable Document Format [.pdf]
  psw      - Pocket Word [.psw]
  rtf      - Rich Text Format [.rtf]
  latex    - LaTeX 2e [.ltx]
  sdw      - StarWriter 5.0 [.sdw]
  sdw4     - StarWriter 4.0 [.sdw]
  sdw3     - StarWriter 3.0 [.sdw]
  stw      - Open Office.org 1.0 Text Document Template [.stw]
  sxw      - Open Office.org 1.0 Text Document [.sxw]
  text     - Text Encoded [.txt]
  txt      - Plain Text [.txt]
  vor      - StarWriter 5.0 Template [.vor]
  vor4     - StarWriter 4.0 Template [.vor]
  vor3     - StarWriter 3.0 Template [.vor]
  xhtml    - XHTML Document [.html]

The following list of graphics formats are currently available for exporting to:

  bmp      - Windows Bitmap [.bmp]
  emf      - Enhanced Metafile [.emf]
  eps      - Encapsulated PostScript [.eps]
  gif      - Graphics Interchange Format [.gif]
  html     - HTML Document (OpenOffice.org Draw) [.html]
  jpg      - Joint Photographic Experts Group [.jpg]
  met      - OS/2 Metafile [.met]
  odd      - OpenDocument Drawing [.odd]
  otg      - OpenDocument Drawing Template [.otg]
  pbm      - Portable Bitmap [.pbm]
  pct      - Mac Pict [.pct]
  pdf      - Portable Document Format [.pdf]
  pgm      - Portable Graymap [.pgm]
  png      - Portable Network Graphic [.png]
  ppm      - Portable Pixelmap [.ppm]
  ras      - Sun Raster Image [.ras]
  std      - OpenOffice.org 1.0 Drawing Template [.std]
  svg      - Scalable Vector Graphics [.svg]
  svm      - StarView Metafile [.svm]
  swf      - Macromedia Flash (SWF) [.swf]
  sxd      - OpenOffice.org 1.0 Drawing [.sxd]
  sxd3     - StarDraw 3.0 [.sxd]
  sxd5     - StarDraw 5.0 [.sxd]
  tiff     - Tagged Image File Format [.tiff]
  vor      - StarDraw 5.0 Template [.vor]
  vor3     - StarDraw 3.0 Template [.vor]
  wmf      - Windows Metafile [.wmf]
  xhtml    - XHTML [.xhtml]
  xpm      - X PixMap [.xpm]

The following list of presentation formats are currently available for exporting to:

  bmp      - Windows Bitmap [.bmp]
  emf      - Enhanced Metafile [.emf]
  eps      - Encapsulated PostScript [.eps]
  gif      - Graphics Interchange Format [.gif]
  html     - HTML Document (OpenOffice.org Impress) [.html]
  jpg      - Joint Photographic Experts Group [.jpg]
  met      - OS/2 Metafile [.met]
  odd      - OpenDocument Drawing (Impress) [.odd]
  odg      - OpenOffice.org 1.0 Drawing (OpenOffice.org Impress) [.odg]
  odp      - OpenDocument Presentation [.odp]
  pbm      - Portable Bitmap [.pbm]
  pct      - Mac Pict [.pct]
  pdf      - Portable Document Format [.pdf]
  pgm      - Portable Graymap [.pgm]
  png      - Portable Network Graphic [.png]
  pot      - Microsoft PowerPoint 97/2000/XP Template [.pot]
  ppm      - Portable Pixelmap [.ppm]
  ppt      - Microsoft PowerPoint 97/2000/XP [.ppt]
  pwp      - PlaceWare [.pwp]
  ras      - Sun Raster Image [.ras]
  sda      - StarDraw 5.0 (OpenOffice.org Impress) [.sda]
  sdd      - StarImpress 5.0 [.sdd]
  sdd3     - StarDraw 3.0 (OpenOffice.org Impress) [.sdd]
  sdd4     - StarImpress 4.0 [.sdd]
  sti      - OpenOffice.org 1.0 Presentation Template [.sti]
  stp      - OpenDocument Presentation Template [.stp]
  svg      - Scalable Vector Graphics [.svg]
  svm      - StarView Metafile [.svm]
  swf      - Macromedia Flash (SWF) [.swf]
  sxi      - OpenOffice.org 1.0 Presentation [.sxi]
  tiff     - Tagged Image File Format [.tiff]
  vor      - StarImpress 5.0 Template [.vor]
  vor3     - StarDraw 3.0 Template (OpenOffice.org Impress) [.vor]
  vor4     - StarImpress 4.0 Template [.vor]
  vor5     - StarDraw 5.0 Template (OpenOffice.org Impress) [.vor]
  wmf      - Windows Metafile [.wmf]
  xhtml    - XHTML [.xml]
  xpm      - X PixMap [.xpm]

The following list of spreadsheet formats are currently available for exporting to:

  csv      - Text CSV [.csv]
  dbf      - dBase [.dbf]
  dif      - Data Interchange Format [.dif]
  html     - HTML Document (OpenOffice.org Calc) [.html]
  ods      - Open Document Spreadsheet [.ods]
  ooxml    - Microsoft Excel 2003 XML [.xml]
  pdf      - Portable Document Format [.pdf]
  pts      - OpenDocument Spreadsheet Template [.pts]
  pxl      - Pocket Excel [.pxl]
  sdc      - StarCalc 5.0 [.sdc]
  sdc4     - StarCalc 4.0 [.sdc]
  sdc3     - StarCalc 3.0 [.sdc]
  slk      - SYLK [.slk]
  stc      - OpenOffice.org 1.0 Spreadsheet Template [.stc]
  sxc      - OpenOffice.org 1.0 Spreadsheet [.sxc]
  vor3     - StarCalc 3.0 Template [.vor]
  vor4     - StarCalc 4.0 Template [.vor]
  vor      - StarCalc 5.0 Template [.vor]
  xhtml    - XHTML [.xhtml]
  xls      - Microsoft Excel 97/2000/XP [.xls]
  xls5     - Microsoft Excel 5.0 [.xls]
  xls95    - Microsoft Excel 95 [.xls]
  xlt      - Microsoft Excel 97/2000/XP Template [.xlt]
  xlt5     - Microsoft Excel 5.0 Template [.xlt]
  xlt95    - Microsoft Excel 95 Template [.xlt]

This may not be your typical set of screenshots, but here is a workflow I use for converting an AsciiDoc (text) formatted résumé into professional ODT, PDF, HTML and DOC versions:

  [dag@moria cv]$ make odt pdf html doc
  rm -f *.{odt,pdf,html,doc}
  asciidoc -b docbook -d article -o resume.xml resume.txt
  docbook2odf -f --params generate.meta=0 -o resume.tmp.odt resume.xml
  Saved resume.tmp.odt
  unoconv -f odt -t template.ott -o resume.odt resume.tmp.odt
  unoconv -f pdf -t template.ott -o resume.pdf resume.odt
  unoconv -f html -t template.ott -o resume.html resume.odt
  unoconv -f doc -t template.ott -o resume.doc resume.odt

The original files are:

A recipe:
An AsciiDoc [.txt] file:
An OpenOffice template [.ott] file:

Converted into the following files:

Open Document [.odt]: - converted from TXT using asciidoc and stylesheet
PDF [.pdf]: - converted from ODF using unoconv
HTML [.html]: - converted from ODF using unoconv
Word [.doc]: - converted from ODF using unoconv

unoconv is written in python. It needs a recent LibreOffice or OpenOffice with UNO bindings. If you've found a bug, please check the for known problems and send me updates if you have more information to provide. The following packages (in order of appearance) are available.

or grab the latest 0.7 tarball at: There's a mailinglist about unoconv and some other tools at: You can have access to the latest changes via Github from: